It’s FA Cup weekend and for many teams that means reduced ticket prices, allowing more supporters the opportunity go and see their favourite players.
That is no different for Tottenham Hotspur, who have offered tickets at £30 for adults and £10 for juniors and young adults for their clash with Aston Villa at the Totenham Hotspur Stadium.
The two Premier League giants go head-to-head in N17 in what will be one of the biggest clashes of the third round. The match will be broadcast live on BBC1 at 5.45pm on Saturday.
That will give even more people the chance to see the action from the comfort of their own homes, but that is a choice many Spurs fans have already made by the looks of things, with the big match nowhere near sold out.
Tottenham Go From Bad To Worse
It may be the magic of the FA Cup this weekend, but the situation at Tottenham feels anything but magical right now with Thomas Frank under huge pressure in north London, as the Lilywhites languish in 14th place in the Premier League table with just one win in their last six domestic matches.
They were beaten 3-2 by Bournemouth in midweek – a side who had gone 11 games without a win before they faced Tottenham. Frank even came under fire after being photographed drinking from an Arsenal branded cup before kick-off.
The FA Cup does give the Spurs players and their under-fire head coach some brief respite from the Premier League challenges and criticism that has been aimed in their direction.
Spurs have been booed off the pitch in each of their last three Premier League matches – the defeat to Bournemouth and draws with Sunderland and Brentford – with some Spurs players involved in an altercation with fans after the final whistle at the Vitality Stadium.
Cristian Romero Blasts Spurs Owners
Club captain Cristian Romero came out and appeared to criticise the club’s hierarchy in the wake of the defeat to Bournemouth.
In a later altered Instagram post, the Argentinian said: “At times like this, it should be other people coming out to speak, but they don’t – as has been happening for several years now. They only show up when things are going well, to tell a few lies.”
Romero later removed the “to tell a few lies” part of the post, but the damage had already been done.
He also apologised to supporters by saying: “Apologies to all fans of you who follow us everywhere, who are always there and will continue to be. We are responsible, there’s no doubt about that. I am the first. But we will keep facing up to it and trying to turn the situation around, for ourselves and for the club.”
Many supporters have lost patience with Frank and his tactics, but there is an underlying feeling of apathy towards the club’s owners – ENIC and the Lewis Family too, despite Daniel Levy – the ire of many fans in the last two decades – having been relieved of his duties as chairman at the start of the season.
Tottenham Players May Not Face As Many Boos If They Lose To Aston Villa
And there may not be as much of a chance for boos around the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday, as, despite the cheaper price of tickets, the ground is unlikely to be full.
The fans are seemingly voting with their feet and not buying tickets to the match, with more than 4,000 tickets still available to buy at the time of writing this story, just one day before the game is due to take place.
Empty seats around the venue will certainly send a message to the owners and the head coach over how the fanbase are feeling right now, with the January transfer window becoming increasingly important.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has not been a great place to watch football for the last year-and-a-half and supporters look like they have finally had enough.
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