Spurs push back season-ticket renewal deadline because of relegation battle | Tottenham Hotspur

by Marcelo Moreira

Tottenham have pushed back the deadline for supporters to renew their season tickets to allow them more time to make their decisions based on which division the club will play in.

In the previous two campaigns, fans have had to renew very shortly after the final game but this time, as the team fight for their Premier League survival, they have been given until 7 June – two weeks after the last match, which is at home against Everton on 24 May.

Spurs have written to their season-ticket holders to inform them of the period of grace. “We recognise the seriousness of the current league position of our men’s team,” the club said. “And, following discussions with our Fan Advisory Board and the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust, can confirm the renewal window for 2026/27 will now remain open for an extended period until Sunday 7 June to ensure fans have full clarity on next season before renewing.

“Everyone at the club remains absolutely steadfast in our collective commitment to improve our Premier League position and finish the current season as strongly as possible.”

Spurs are 16th in the table after a disastrous run of 11 games without a win – their worst sequence since 1975. They have lost five on the spin and sit one point above the relegation zone before Sunday’s visit to Liverpool. The interim manager, Igor Tudor, who has lost each of his four matches since replacing Thomas Frank, is clinging to his job.

Spurs have frozen general admission season tickets for 2026-27 and there will be concessions for juniors and seniors. It is unclear whether they would reduce prices if they went down, when there would be four more home league matches. A previously unthinkable relegation would be devastating for revenue.

The mood around the club is febrile, the players’ morale at rock bottom as Tudor flails. The Supporters’ Trust called for the club to refund the price of fans’ match tickets to Tuesday night’s 5-2 Champions League defeat at Atlético Madrid.

“Tonight’s performance and result is a total disgrace,” they said afterwards. “It’s symptomatic of the abysmal state of things at Spurs right now. From the January transfer window to the management appointments, the lack of leadership and the total absence of anyone with a Spurs pedigree informing these decisions. Where is the Daring to Do? Where are the Echoes of Glory? Emergency action is needed as right now we are sleep walking off the edge of a cliff.”

Harry Redknapp is somebody with a Spurs pedigree, having managed the club successfully between 2008 and 2012. He has been pushed in some quarters as the man to save the club from relegation, even though his last job with Birmingham ended in 2017.

The 79-year-old is immersed in the Cheltenham Festival, where his horse The Jukebox Man will run in Friday’s Gold Cup. He said on Wednesday he was ready to answer the call but doubted very much it would come. On Thursday, he told TalkSport it would be a different story if the former chair Daniel Levy were still at the club. Levy was moved aside last September after almost 25 years in the role.

“I got a phone call last week from Daniel, funny enough,” Redknapp said. “I think I spoke to him once since I left all that time ago. I thought: ‘Strange.’ And I’m on the phone for about half an hour chatting to him. And he was explaining what had happened to him and how he sort of got marched out of there.

“He did say to me: ‘Look, if I was there now, I would definitely … and I’m not just saying it, I would bring you back into it to the end of the season.’ So it would have been interesting.”

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