Spurs - White Hart Lane's new stadium.

When Archibald Leitch set his architectural stamp on football's early 20th century grounds there was probably a small part of him which felt that nothing could possibly match or surpass the modern day designs of 21st century football stadiums over 100 years later. But then nobody thought the likes of Fulham's Craven Cottage, Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park or Aston Villa's Villa Park would still remain as bastions of football's hard wired traditionalism and timeless engineering.

But with the advent Arsenal's old Highbury had to be demolished if only because the concept of marble halls and managers wearing stiff waistcoats, trilby hats and pocket watches had long passed its sell by date. Arsenal have now been installed at the Emirates Stadium for some time now but surely this has now been long overdue.

More recently West Ham flattened their old Upton Park in the relentless quest for modernity and a super slick looking and state of the art stadium at the Olympic London Stadium. Then there was, perhaps understandably, Bolton Wanderers move from their ancient and dilapidated Burnden Park, scene of one of one of the first of football's tragic crowd disasters.

 Sunderland have now upped sticks from their admittedly crumbling edifice known as Roker Park with Hull City ditching Boothferry Park. Bolton's new home is The University of Bolton stadium, Sunderland play at The Stadium of Light, Hull's now historic Boothferry Park is now the modern, swanky KCOM stadium,  Leicester City's King Power stadium has now, perhaps thankfully,  taken the place of  Filbert Street and Stoke City have now jettisoned the old Victoria Ground for their new home of the Bet 365 Stadium in the heart of the Potteries.

Yesterday in the heart of North London the dramatic pace of football's evolution took yet another step forward. After what seems like an eternity, Spurs have finally moved into their new stadium near the site which their now old White Hart Lane ground once so proudly occupied. On a sun lit early spring day Tottenham unveiled their brand new Tottenham Hotspur ground which, to those who were beginning to believe the ground would never open at all, must have come as a glorious relief to both the labourers, electricians, technical and engineering staff who have worked so tirelessly to bring this whole painstaking project to completion.

What the devoted Spurs fans and adoring faithful must have been hoping for was a vast and cavernous stadium which now becomes the second largest football ground in England seating well over 60,000. With leg room to stretch out and manoeuvre, plenty of time to eat and drink their half time refreshments, a new generation of Spurs football supporters can now appreciate the stunning spaciousness of their new ground. This they now have in abundance.  The lager will be served from high tech taps and the burgers will be altogether more palatable than their stone cold and mouldy predecessors.

On careful reflection some of us may have to cause to wonder what the likes of legendary Spurs managers Bill Nicholson and Arthur Rowe would have thought of the luxurious surroundings of a new, posh looking stadium with all the mod cons, fixtures and fittings Nicholson and Rowe could only have dreamt about. In common with most of the new football grounds the new Tottenham Hotspur ground is one of football's oft spoken sporting cathedrals, a huge, sprawling fusion of steel and glass that looks as though it could quite easily hold several pop concerts, and then a number of American football matches on consecutive days without losing a single penny at the box office.

So there you have it. Spurs are the owners of their brand new, gleaming, glistening footballing palace, a home from home with everything that the estate agents promised all those years ago. The market price has now been settled, the walls and ceilings are in pristine condition and the whole infrastructure is sound and secure. Let nothing stand in the way of progress.

 The test events we were witness to yesterday reminded you of a house warming party where all the guests celebrated the arrival of a new family with excited relish. It may be advisable to keep a low profile because all of their London neighbours could be watching with some interest. How good it is though, to see both Arsenal and Spurs in entirely new surroundings. If only Archibald Leitch had been around to see it all.