I watched Tottenham move into a new stadium and saw what could happen to Manchester United

Manchester United departing Old Trafford will likely feel sacrilegious to some but let me tell you, from the perspective of a Tottenham supporter, the long-term benefits of moving stadiums simply cannot be understated.

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is hardly an exhilarating name for a state-of-the-art, luxurious and mesmerising venue, but that hardly matters in the grand scheme of things. Having watched parts of White Hart Lane be ripped away with one corner completely vacant in the 2016/17 season to show a brief glimpse into the future of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the process to get to the new stadium was far from easy.

Under Mauricio Pochettino at the time, a tumultuous 18 months at Wembley followed after Spurs' final game in the place they called home for over a century, before playing their first competitive game against Crystal Palace on April 3, 2019 with goals from Son Heung-min and Christian Eriksen making history.

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I vividly remember watching that game on television and immediately being blown away by the sheer size of the south stand along with how impressive the rest of the stadium looked from the gantry. Later that year for a Premier League clash against Bournemouth, I visited the new ground for the first time with my seat in the lower tier of the north stand which placed me directly opposite the 17,500 seater south stand built to generate a 'wall of sound.'

And that is how it certainly sounded when Dele Alli crashed home Spurs' third in a 3-2 victory under Jose Mourinho. From an experience