Tottenham already have to change a fixture at Wembley home next season due to Rugby League final

TOTTENHAM already have to change a fixture at their temporary Wembley home next season due to the Rugby League Challenge Cup final.

The Challenge Cup final – the sport’s major cup competition – is an immovable eventm having been played at Wembley since 1945.

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Tottenham will play their home games at the national stadium for the 2017-18 season while construction work on their new ground takes place.

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The club’s new 61,000-seater ground is being built next to the site of their current home White Hart Lane, which is all-but demolished now.

And the club had to put out a tweet just 14 minutes after the FA released next season’s fixtures, saying that their home game with Burnley on August 26 will have to be rearranged due to the rugby.

And it prompted bemused fans to wonder why the organisers didn’t factor that in when sorting the various matches out for the top flight clubs.

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The Challenge Cup is a hugely popular event and was won last year by Hull FC, who beat Warrington Wolves 12–10 in front of over 76,000 people.

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We are at the quarter-final stage of this year's tournament with Salford Red Devils, Wakefield, Leeds Rhinos, Featherstone, Warrington, Hull, Wigan Warriors and Castleford all in with a shout.

Spurs, who finished second behind winners Chelsea, played their Champions League and Europa League ties at Wembley last season - but won just one of four games.