Saturday
was to be a traning day with a
differance. The U15,s 'A' was to embark on
a journey to North Londons Tottenham
Stadium.
On
arrival we was sent to the Press
Breifing/ waiting room. 10 minutes
pass, and now its our turn to see the
impresive Stadium for its self. First stop,
the ball court. A massive indoor astroturf
. The squad of 16 was put through the
paceses of a Tottenham youth side for just
over 2 hours by Tottenham staff Coaches
Mark, Whose a "level A" coach and Robbie a"
level 3".
I have
never seen my squad sweat so much! Time for
a quick drink and on to the tour. We began
in the Press room. You know the one we all
see on telly when a big player is signed
up. Sam, our Captain got in the hot seat
and took a few dodgy questions from the
seated audiance. Then onto the players
lounge. A place where all players and
family congregate after the game. A FREE
bar to be had as well. Next stop the room
of hireing and fireing, the boardroom with
the biggest table you ever see. Also with a
FREE bar. Then on to the private boxes, and
out to the Directors boxes. The best seats
in the house of course.
We made
our way back down to ground level passing
many a famous shirt from past and present
all over the walls, till we reached the
away team dressing room. A room claimed to
be very small, with a low ceiling and no
air con, together with a rusty physio
bench, and a bath which take 45 minuets to
fill. I wished we had that. The home
dressing room, well a different story. All
the the mod cons, like the biggegest
plazma screens you ever saw, CD players,
Showers what come on automaticly, and all
you would ever want. Nice!
Now out
to the tunnel ready to enter the pitch. 8 v
8 each side of the tunnel. Even the music
was put on for when they run out....... to
an empty stadium. But still good. Time
to have a walk around the pitch in the rain
and sit in Martin Jol's heated leather
Riccaro seat. I want one. Of course a Team
photo was taken followed by the giving out
of medals.
Time to
go home. But what a day. Even for a Gooner
like me, still a great day out. I wonder
how long it will take them to find the
rotten fish i hid in the dressing room?
Did'nt really.
