A genuinely exciting FA Cup tie at Spotland on Sunday afternoon ended up with the right result as Rochdale scored in stoppage time to earn a 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur minutes after Harry Kane’s late penalty looked to have secured Spurs a spot in the quarter-finals.
It means another game for Spurs that they probably would rather not have but the unique circumstances of their season-long tenancy at Wembley make it a different scenario than if they were playing at White Hart Lane.
As they did for their replay against Newport County in the previous round, Tottenham have priced tickets for the game, scheduled for Wednesday 28th at 7.45pm, at just £10 for Adults and £5 for Under 18's and Over 65's in Wembley Level 1 and have a family ticket available at just £20 for Two Adults and Two Juniors.
That allows for plenty of people to take in a game (just under 39,000 were at the Newport replay), the chance to watch some big-name players and say they have been to Wembley for a very affordable price.
It suits Spurs to do so, of course, as they have an eye on next season and an enlarged capacity White Hart Lane which they will want to fill on as many occasions as possible, so reaching out to a wider community is the sensible thing to do.
But the club have shown a positive attitude to pricing cup-ties throughout both the current campaign and in last season’s Europa League when they played at Wembley as well and, as with Newport recently, it has a great knock-on effect for Rochdale.
There has been some (presumably manufactured) controversy about the potential for Spurs to have an FA Cup semi-final at their 'home' ground but I think there's something satisfying about the national stadium providing a financial boost to one of the game's most resilient clubs.
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