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Crystal Palace's FA Cup victory at Doncaster Rovers has a knock-on effect for Tottenham Hotspur and potentially their new stadium.

The Eagles' 2-0 win in the fifth round clash on Sunday afternoon means that Spurs' home game against Roy Hodgson's men on March 17 will now have to be rescheduled as that is the weekend when the FA Cup quarter-finals will be played.

There is also the added factor that Tottenham were believed to be looking at that televised Palace fixture as a potential opening game for their new stadium if problems with the fire safety system were solved in time for test events to take place before then.

The postponement of that fixture now means that Tottenham's game against Arsenal at Wembley on March 2 will be Mauricio Pochettino's men's only home game in March.

In fact, due to the international break, Spurs' trip to Southampton on March 9 is currently now their last game, home and away, until more than three weeks later when travel to Anfield to face Liverpool on March 31.

Their next home encounter does not arrive until the following weekend, on April 6 against Brighton. However the fixture merry-go-round may not be finished just yet as Chris Hughton's Brighton side are also in the quarter-finals and should they get through to the semi-finals, that would be the weekend those games would be played at Wembley.

If Brighton do not make the semi-finals then Spurs will be forced to either try to play the game at their new stadium or if that is not possible then as Wembley will not be available they will have to request a postponement. MK Dons' stadium, where they took on Watford in the Carabao Cup, is also unavailable as the Dons have a home fixture against Lincoln City that day.

After that the next scheduled home match is Huddersfield on April 13, followed by West Ham on April 27 and then the final match of the season against Everton on May 12.

There are also potential further Champions League home matches if Spurs can get past Borussia Dortmund in the last 16, following that 3-0 first leg win at Wembley on Wednesday.

Obviously the more time Tottenham have to sort out the problems inside their new stadium the more chance they have to open it this season and the cup postponements could end up helping them in that regard.

A midweek evening stadium opener is not seen as ideal but with the costs involved in playing at Wembley growing rapidly with each game as is lost revenue at the new stadium it could be a case of needs must and Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino is desperate to get back home.

"To play in your own stadium is the best thing that can happen in your life. The moment the new stadium is ready, if it is my decision, my decision is to move quickly," he said in December.

"In the moment our new stadium will be ready to play, my opinion is to move quickly because when you start to play in your own stadium it is completely different. If it depends on me, I want to move as soon as possible."

His demeanour changed somewhat this month when asked again about the possibility of moving in.

"I don’t want to think too much, my wish is to play at the new stadium before the end of the season, we'll see what happens. My gut says it will be tough but my wish is so big and my hope and always my dream is to finish playing this season at the new stadium," he said

"We'll see, you can trust more in my gut or my capacity to generate the possibility to move and finish the stadium."

There are still at least five potential home games that could be played at the new stadium. The club's next update should indicate which one, if any, it will be.

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