Tottenham Wave Bye Bye to Round of 32

Need to finish off these articles, and I will resort to a sporting article once more.

This one concerns Tottenham Hotspur recieving a bye into the last 16 of the UEFA cup. They were scheduled to play against Dutch side Feyenoord, but due to their expulsion from the tournament, UEFA have decided Spurs can go through to the next round without kicking a ball.

Feyenoord were chucked out as a result of crowd troubles at their match against AS Nancy in France on November 30.

Some fans would consider this great, we can go straight through without even having to play the match (well actually 2 matches, as it is a two-legged round) and gives our players a chance to rest rather than play 2 tough games against a strong team like Feyenoord.

While this is true, I am little disapointed. I always look forward to the European nights and this was set up to be a great game. Two giants of European football coming head to head. Many of the fans who had bought tickets for the game, are being robbed of their entertainment. I know some people who were really excited about going to Holland for the away leg, and this will now not happen.

Also, if we win the tournament, it would be disapointing to have people claiming we didn't have to play all the neccesary rounds.

This is however, all in the interest of safety, and after incidents abroad of Arsenal and Leeds fans being killed, we do not want to see this kind of thing happen again.