White Hart Lane required for European games, Tottenham Hotspur played every European home game in 2016–17 at Wembley Stadium. On 14 May 2017, White Hart Lane hosted its final match in a Premier League encounter between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. It ended in a 2–1 victory for the home side, securing the highest league ranking for Spurs since 1963, with goals from Victor Wanyama and Harry Kane. The last goal at the stadium was scored by Manchester United's striker Wayne Rooney. Demolition work on the stadium began the following day and was completed by August 2017. The stadium had hosted many international
White Hart Lane centre. Tottenham became firmly established as one of England's biggest clubs that attracted some of the highest attendances in the country on a regular basis. Attendance at White Hart Lane averaged at over 53,000 in 1961, their double winning year. Between the late 1920s and 1972, White Hart Lane was one of very few British football grounds that featured no advertising hoardings at all. 1953 saw the introduction of floodlights with their first use being a friendly against Racing Club de Paris in September of that year. They were upgraded in 1957, and in 1961, floodlight pylons were installed. These