Tottenham Players Reimburse Fans For Newcastle Tickets

Tottenham’s defeat at Newcastle United saw them lose ground in the race for a top-four spot

Tottenham Hotspur’s players are reimbursing Spurs fans the cost of their match tickets from the 6-1 defeat at Newcastle United on Sunday.

Spurs were 5-0 down after 21 minutes of the game and interim manager Cristian Stellini has since been sacked.

“As a squad, we understand your frustration, your anger,” said a statement from Tottenham’s players.

“It wasn’t good enough. We know words aren’t enough in situations like this but a defeat like this hurts.”

Spurs’ allocation for the game was 3,209, with prices ranging from £19 to £30, meaning the gesture is likely to have cost around £80,000.

The club said supporters were expected to receive the refund in their bank accounts within 24 hours.

Tottenham’s next game is at home against Manchester United on Thursday, when Ryan Mason – who worked under Stellini and former manager Antonio Conte – will be in charge.

Spurs are fifth in the Premier League table, six points behind third-placed Newcastle United and Manchester United in fourth.

Newcastle have played a game fewer than Tottenham, while Manchester United have two games in hand on the London club.

“We appreciate your support, home and away, and with this in mind we would like to reimburse fans with the cost of their match tickets from St James’ Park,” added the statement.

“We know this does not change what happened on Sunday and we will give everything to put things right against Manchester United on Thursday evening when, again, your support will mean everything to us.”

Mason’s coaching staff was confirmed on Tuesday, with former academy player and coach Matt Wells appointed acting assistant head coach and current academy coach Nigel Gibbs named acting first-team coach.

First-team goalkeeping coach Perry Suckling and set-pieces coach Gianni Vio continue in their existing roles.