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Walk through the streets of ­Tottenham, North London, and it’s as if a giant spaceship has landed.

The two worlds of the neglected Love Lane estate and the £1billion ­Tottenham Hotspur stadium could scarcely be further apart.

And, while local people were delighted the club decided to stay here, the tension between the football club as a global brand and a community hub has rarely felt so taut.

Inside the giant glass bowl of the stadium everything is measured in big numbers – 62,214 seats, a 65-metre bar that can pull 10,000 pints per minute, a 34-metre high South Stand.

A projected annual turnover of £100million a year.

The prawn sandwich brigade even get their own Michelin-starred chef. And hiding under the hallowed turf is an artificial pitch ready for NFL to arrive from the US later this year.

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In a future Sky Walk attraction, visitors will one day be able to abseil from the roof.

Outside, you are standing on streets that are among the 5% most deprived in Britain.

The stadium redevelopment was an opportunity to lift the prospects of the people who live here.

But, instead, as the regeneration surrounding the stadium continues with a development known as High Road West, many families now fear they will simply be swept away.

A new walkway proposed to bring fans from a new station entrance at White Hart Lane station brings its own statistics. 297 social housing homes threatened with demolition in a borough with a severe housing shortage.

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Where 10,000 households are on the council’s waiting list and 3,000 families are stuck in temporary accommodation.

Meanwhile, 30 small manufacturing businesses on the Peacock estate, providing hundreds of decent local jobs, are facing eviction via a ­compulsory purchase order.

The proposals will also mean the loss of a library. And, perhaps worse for fans who will never afford the Michelin-served boxes, the demolition of match day institution ‘Chick King’.

Even the football club itself – which is not responsible for High Road West – says it doesn’t agree with the extended plans “as we do not believe it is aspirational enough for residents”.

A club spokesman said: “We have a proud track record delivering new homes and community facilities in Tottenham and everyone can now clearly see the new stadium as a primary example of our commitment to the area.

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“To date we have created over 2,508 jobs in the area and delivered over 250 affordable homes. We are a key part of the local community with a long-term stake in the success of the area.”

Now, days after the 100th anniversary of the Addison Act which paved the way for large-scale council housing, campaigners are calling for Haringey Council and its development partner Lendlease PLC to reconsider their plans for High Road West.

This week, at London’s Tate Modern gallery, as part of an exhibition ­celebrating ­football, visitors were confronted by a wooden horse built on the Peacock industrial estate, ­symbolising residents’ fears the stadium hides the borough’s real plans to socially cleanse them.

An accompanying picture book, Tottenham’s Trojan Horse, by Dr Mark Panton and Amanda Lillywhite, tells the story from the point of view of local residents.

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Latest plans include 2,500 new homes, but only 191 will be council houses and none are likely to eventually house current Love Lane residents. The one glimmer of light is that Sadiq Khan ’s City Hall has told developers they could forfeit mayoral funds if they do not consult residents properly.

At the Tate, veteran anti-poverty campaigner Rev Paul Nicolson, 87, called the regeneration “an abuse of power by land-grabbers”.

Over the years, residents of the Love Lane estate, earmarked for the walkway demolition, have been replaced by temporary social tenants who have fewer rights and can be easily evicted when the time comes.

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“I have been on this estate for almost four years and it is getting to a point where it is becoming uncomfortable to live here,” says Tash Bonner, who lives with his mum and sister, and is chairman of the campaign group, Tag (Temporary Accommodation Group) Love Lane.

“The council has stopped maintenance of the flats, because in the long run they know it is going to be knocked down. We keep getting told that we are part of this regeneration, but we have had no certainty about where we will be rehoused. We are just living day to day.”

Joanna Morrison, 34, who lives on the estate with her partner and their two children, said: “We are living on a demolition site yet no one from the council tells you what is happening. Three years it’s been like this.”

Haringey Council says it has committed to providing homes on High Road West “to council tenants and resident leaseholders” from Love Lane. It added: “Our ambition is to increase the number of council-owned social rent homes which could support a wider number of local residents in housing need, including residents in temporary accommodation.”

TAG members say they are campaigning for Haringey Council to guarantee every household in ­temporary accommodation on the Love Lane estate a permanent council property at council rent.

But yesterday, on the final day of the player transfer window, as billions flowed between clubs and agents, the divide between Premier League and local communities felt as wide as ever.

Additional reporting: Maryam Qaiser