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Tottenham Hotspur stadium update: Iconic cockerels removed as West Stand demolished

Work to raze Tottenham Hotspur’s former home White Hart Lane has continued apace over the weekend as a pair of iconic gold cockerels were removed to facilitate the demolition of the old West Stand.

Efforts to demolish the 118 year old ground, which is being overseen by the construction firm Mace, began last week after the club played their final game at the North London stadium.

New images released by the club show the club’s old West Stand being razed to the ground by construction machinery, with the two iconic cockerels making way from the top of the stand.

The deconstruction programme is set to take 12 weeks, and began last week with the old North Stand the club’s Spurs Megastore.

Tottenham Hotspur will play all their home games next year at Wembley Stadium while work continues on their new 61,000-seater stadium, which is on course for its official opening in time for the 2018/19 stadium.

The £850m stadium is being constructed just metres from the site of their current ground and the demolition of White Hart Lane will help to make space for the new 17,000-seater North Stand, the biggest single kop-style stand in the UK.

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