It's Saturday. After breakfast at Bonda Cafe (Nahar), me and Faris headed for White Hart Lane to watch the game between Spurs and Portsmouth. The girls in the meantime headed to Oxford Street to do their own bits. We have ordered the football tickets back in Holland and paid a fortune for that. Spurs tickets are very hard to get as all their home matches are always sold out weeks before the actual game. Even today's game which was telecast live, it was still a sold out. We got one of the more expensive tickets, £48, which is at the Lower tier of the West Stand. However, because the tickets could only be sourced from those who are willing to sell back, and of course the handling agent also need to make a cut, we paid 200 Euros each for these tickets.
Nevertheless, the experience was amazing especially for Faris who has never been to a Premier League game before (it's his birthday present!). We were already there quite early just in case, but the place and the souvenier shops were already crowded. Inside the stadium, it was all singing and chanting, Spurs fans were very loud. The same can be said of Portsmouth's fans. It was quite cold though, people here were well prepared for that. I can't say we were that prepared for the hailstones that came everynow and then during the match (see the video). Quite weird conditions.
In the end it was a very enjoyable game to watch - obviously Spurs winning 2-0 did help. Darren Bent and Jamie O'hara scored in succession. Players like Jonathan Woodgate, Tom Huddlestone, Robbie Keane and Dimitar Bebatov who are the key players are hugely impressive and bigger than what we used to see on TV. After the match we had quite a bit of time to spend in the Spurs shop. So that was today. Started at 10 am, we reached back at where we stayed at 6pm. Here are some short videos we took showing the game, the freakish weather and the celebration after the first goal.
It's Saturday. After breakfast at Bonda Cafe (Nahar), me and Faris headed for White Hart Lane to watch the game between Spurs and Portsmouth. The girls in the meantime headed to Oxford Street to do their own bits. We have ordered the football tickets back in Holland and paid a fortune for that. Spurs tickets are very hard to get as all their home matches are always sold out weeks before the actual game. Even today's game which was telecast live, it was still a sold out. We got one of the more expensive tickets, £48, which is at the Lower tier of the West Stand. However, because the tickets could only be sourced from those who are willing to sell back, and of course the handling agent also need to make a cut, we paid 200 Euros each for these tickets.
Nevertheless, the experience was amazing especially for Faris who has never been to a Premier League game before (it's his birthday present!). We were already there quite early just in case, but the place and the souvenier shops were already crowded. Inside the stadium, it was all singing and chanting, Spurs fans were very loud. The same can be said of Portsmouth's fans. It was quite cold though, people here were well prepared for that. I can't say we were that prepared for the hailstones that came everynow and then during the match (see the video). Quite weird conditions.
In the end it was a very enjoyable game to watch - obviously Spurs winning 2-0 did help. Darren Bent and Jamie O'hara scored in succession. Players like Jonathan Woodgate, Tom Huddlestone, Robbie Keane and Dimitar Bebatov who are the key players are hugely impressive and bigger than what we used to see on TV. After the match we had quite a bit of time to spend in the Spurs shop. So that was today. Started at 10 am, we reached back at where we stayed at 6pm. Here are some short videos we took showing the game, the freakish weather and the celebration after the first goal. 
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