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If I was to say “1966”, what would you think of?
I’m willing to bet that you’d be thinking “And it’s Hirst, he’s got...some people are on the pitch they think it’s all over....it is now!!” England winning the World Cup was THE moment in British sport.
Although most of us (myself included) weren’t around in 1966, the legacy of Wembley stadium will forever live on in that fantastic match, when England proved that they were the best at ‘the beautiful game’. When Bobby Moore held aloft the famous Jules Rimet trophy all those years ago, it was the pinnacle of our nations sporting success, and Wembley was the focal point of that achievement.
People might say that Wembley stadium is/was just a load of bricks, seats and grass, in basic terms, they’d be right. However, the home of football holds a special place in the nations hearts, so it’s a dreadful shame that we are in this position of seeing the Wembley project suffer at the hands of stuttering politicians and red-tape.
Why can’t we have a new national stadium to be proud of? The French have the impressive Stade de France, and even the Welsh have the magnificent Millennium Stadium. Wales are minnows of world football, and although it is a rugby stadium too, it’s amazing to see such a great stadium in such a place.
Though I wouldn’t say I’m a ‘die-hard’ supporter, but I can understand the frustration that many people feel when thinking about Wembley.
The F.A Cup is without a doubt the most famous annual team sport cup competition in the world, and a showpiece finale to the gruelling footie season, and now it hasn’t got a proper home and the final is played in a foreign country.
Wembley has played host to many great sporting events; the 1966 win, the Euro ’96 matches against Scotland (Gascoigne’s goal against Scotland rules!), the 4-1 drubbing we gave the Dutch, and the semi-final exit against the Germans on penalties, the sad defeat in the last Wembley game against Germany, and many classic F.A Cup finals.
It wasn’t just sport that benefited from Wembley either, ‘Live Aid’, one of the most culturally significant and successful music festivals ever was held there.
At the moment though, Wembley is left derelict, with no clear sign about development. No matter how many government taskforces, enquiries, investigations or committees of MPs look into the matter, it still doesn’t change the fact that we have been robbed of a national treasure, with still no clear sign of getting a new one.
The Millennium Dome comes to mind, that had similar problems, was way over budget and became a disaster for the government.
In the years that Wembley has been left unoccupied awaiting redevelopment, people’s faith in the whole project has diminished, and pretty soon, if you mention the words “Wembley Stadium”, we may forget about the great heritage and sporting success and think about the glum crumbling stadium and F.A/government failings. And that would be a terrible shame.
I was lucky enough to go to the 2001 F.A Cup final between Liverpool and Arsenal, and although the Millennium Stadium is extremely impressive, I would have preferred to be at Wembley.
Many years ago, children would dream of scoring the winning goal in the F.A Cup final at Wembley, or after a semi-final success, fans would chant “we’re on our way to Wembley”. Somehow “we’re on our way to Cardiff” just doesn’t fit the bill.
The whole situation stinks of incompetence, ineptitude, corruption, red tape, etc.
The estimated cost of rebuilding Wembley Stadium has more than trebled since the project was first mooted in 1996. Back then, the budget was expected to be about £220m. By May 2001, when the government refused a request from the Football Association for financial help with the troubled project, the cost had risen to £700m
A consortium headed by a German bank could rescue Wembley Stadium.
Westdeutsche Landesbank is believed to be in talks over financing of the planned £700+m redevelopment of the stadium, beating off competition from our own Barclays Bank.
I know it doesn’t really matter where the money comes from, but a national stadium should be the pride of a nation and something we can be proud of, and yet if it’s funded by a German bank, it wont feel as if it’s 100% our own.
We are one of the richest nations in the world, so why can’t we afford to fund our own national stadium?
Wembley is an important part of our history and our future, so it should be an English project, funded by English money (It's not a racist thing, it's just the way it should be).
At the time of writing, the F.A is still yet to finalise a deal for the stadium project, so we wait even more.
Football fans deserve better, they follow the game with great dedication, it’s a hobby to many people, and they have been messed around by this whole affair for far too long.
I’m willing to bet that you’d be thinking “And it’s Hirst, he’s got...some people are on the pitch they think it’s all over....it is now!!” England winning the World Cup was THE moment in British sport.
Although most of us (myself included) weren’t around in 1966, the legacy of Wembley stadium will forever live on in that fantastic match, when England proved that they were the best at ‘the beautiful game’. When Bobby Moore held aloft the famous Jules Rimet trophy all those years ago, it was the pinnacle of our nations sporting success, and Wembley was the focal point of that achievement.
People might say that Wembley stadium is/was just a load of bricks, seats and grass, in basic terms, they’d be right. However, the home of football holds a special place in the nations hearts, so it’s a dreadful shame that we are in this position of seeing the Wembley project suffer at the hands of stuttering politicians and red-tape.
Why can’t we have a new national stadium to be proud of? The French have the impressive Stade de France, and even the Welsh have the magnificent Millennium Stadium. Wales are minnows of world football, and although it is a rugby stadium too, it’s amazing to see such a great stadium in such a place.
Though I wouldn’t say I’m a ‘die-hard’ supporter, but I can understand the frustration that many people feel when thinking about Wembley.
The F.A Cup is without a doubt the most famous annual team sport cup competition in the world, and a showpiece finale to the gruelling footie season, and now it hasn’t got a proper home and the final is played in a foreign country.
Wembley has played host to many great sporting events; the 1966 win, the Euro ’96 matches against Scotland (Gascoigne’s goal against Scotland rules!), the 4-1 drubbing we gave the Dutch, and the semi-final exit against the Germans on penalties, the sad defeat in the last Wembley game against Germany, and many classic F.A Cup finals.
It wasn’t just sport that benefited from Wembley either, ‘Live Aid’, one of the most culturally significant and successful music festivals ever was held there.
At the moment though, Wembley is left derelict, with no clear sign about development. No matter how many government taskforces, enquiries, investigations or committees of MPs look into the matter, it still doesn’t change the fact that we have been robbed of a national treasure, with still no clear sign of getting a new one.
The Millennium Dome comes to mind, that had similar problems, was way over budget and became a disaster for the government.
In the years that Wembley has been left unoccupied awaiting redevelopment, people’s faith in the whole project has diminished, and pretty soon, if you mention the words “Wembley Stadium”, we may forget about the great heritage and sporting success and think about the glum crumbling stadium and F.A/government failings. And that would be a terrible shame.
I was lucky enough to go to the 2001 F.A Cup final between Liverpool and Arsenal, and although the Millennium Stadium is extremely impressive, I would have preferred to be at Wembley.
Many years ago, children would dream of scoring the winning goal in the F.A Cup final at Wembley, or after a semi-final success, fans would chant “we’re on our way to Wembley”. Somehow “we’re on our way to Cardiff” just doesn’t fit the bill.
The whole situation stinks of incompetence, ineptitude, corruption, red tape, etc.
The estimated cost of rebuilding Wembley Stadium has more than trebled since the project was first mooted in 1996. Back then, the budget was expected to be about £220m. By May 2001, when the government refused a request from the Football Association for financial help with the troubled project, the cost had risen to £700m
A consortium headed by a German bank could rescue Wembley Stadium.
Westdeutsche Landesbank is believed to be in talks over financing of the planned £700+m redevelopment of the stadium, beating off competition from our own Barclays Bank.
I know it doesn’t really matter where the money comes from, but a national stadium should be the pride of a nation and something we can be proud of, and yet if it’s funded by a German bank, it wont feel as if it’s 100% our own.
We are one of the richest nations in the world, so why can’t we afford to fund our own national stadium?
Wembley is an important part of our history and our future, so it should be an English project, funded by English money (It's not a racist thing, it's just the way it should be).
At the time of writing, the F.A is still yet to finalise a deal for the stadium project, so we wait even more.
Football fans deserve better, they follow the game with great dedication, it’s a hobby to many people, and they have been messed around by this whole affair for far too long.
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Totoro wrote:
> If I was to say “1966”, what would you think of?
I would think, "It's about time we stopped saying how great 1966 was and made an effort to get a winning team together now." :-)
I agree, the Wembley situation is an absolute disgrace. A national disgrace.
It's ridiculous that the government found a seemingly bottomless pit of money to fund the Dome - a building only ever intended to last one year before being sold - and yet they can't fund our national stadium.
It's disgusting that we're having to rely on a German company to fund it. Not because they're German - that has nothing to do with it. But this is a national stadium, for Christ's sake - it SHOULD be funded by English money, pure and simple. They took our taxes for the Dome with no consultation (everyone you ask thinks it was a joke), and yet for something like a national stadium (which people probably wouldn't mind) they don't even consider it.
There's a ridiculous amount of money in English football, and I refuse to believe that they can't afford to fund the stadium. The top clubs could probably all surrender a small percentage of their takings towards it for a few seasons. After all, they're the ones who stand to benefit most from it.
> If I was to say “1966”, what would you think of?
I would think, "It's about time we stopped saying how great 1966 was and made an effort to get a winning team together now." :-)
I agree, the Wembley situation is an absolute disgrace. A national disgrace.
It's ridiculous that the government found a seemingly bottomless pit of money to fund the Dome - a building only ever intended to last one year before being sold - and yet they can't fund our national stadium.
It's disgusting that we're having to rely on a German company to fund it. Not because they're German - that has nothing to do with it. But this is a national stadium, for Christ's sake - it SHOULD be funded by English money, pure and simple. They took our taxes for the Dome with no consultation (everyone you ask thinks it was a joke), and yet for something like a national stadium (which people probably wouldn't mind) they don't even consider it.
There's a ridiculous amount of money in English football, and I refuse to believe that they can't afford to fund the stadium. The top clubs could probably all surrender a small percentage of their takings towards it for a few seasons. After all, they're the ones who stand to benefit most from it.
If I was to say “1966”, what would you think of?
I’m willing to bet that you’d be thinking “And it’s Hirst, he’s got...some people are on the pitch they think it’s all over....it is now!!” England winning the World Cup was THE moment in British sport.
Although most of us (myself included) weren’t around in 1966, the legacy of Wembley stadium will forever live on in that fantastic match, when England proved that they were the best at ‘the beautiful game’. When Bobby Moore held aloft the famous Jules Rimet trophy all those years ago, it was the pinnacle of our nations sporting success, and Wembley was the focal point of that achievement.
People might say that Wembley stadium is/was just a load of bricks, seats and grass, in basic terms, they’d be right. However, the home of football holds a special place in the nations hearts, so it’s a dreadful shame that we are in this position of seeing the Wembley project suffer at the hands of stuttering politicians and red-tape.
Why can’t we have a new national stadium to be proud of? The French have the impressive Stade de France, and even the Welsh have the magnificent Millennium Stadium. Wales are minnows of world football, and although it is a rugby stadium too, it’s amazing to see such a great stadium in such a place.
Though I wouldn’t say I’m a ‘die-hard’ supporter, but I can understand the frustration that many people feel when thinking about Wembley.
The F.A Cup is without a doubt the most famous annual team sport cup competition in the world, and a showpiece finale to the gruelling footie season, and now it hasn’t got a proper home and the final is played in a foreign country.
Wembley has played host to many great sporting events; the 1966 win, the Euro ’96 matches against Scotland (Gascoigne’s goal against Scotland rules!), the 4-1 drubbing we gave the Dutch, and the semi-final exit against the Germans on penalties, the sad defeat in the last Wembley game against Germany, and many classic F.A Cup finals.
It wasn’t just sport that benefited from Wembley either, ‘Live Aid’, one of the most culturally significant and successful music festivals ever was held there.
At the moment though, Wembley is left derelict, with no clear sign about development. No matter how many government taskforces, enquiries, investigations or committees of MPs look into the matter, it still doesn’t change the fact that we have been robbed of a national treasure, with still no clear sign of getting a new one.
The Millennium Dome comes to mind, that had similar problems, was way over budget and became a disaster for the government.
In the years that Wembley has been left unoccupied awaiting redevelopment, people’s faith in the whole project has diminished, and pretty soon, if you mention the words “Wembley Stadium”, we may forget about the great heritage and sporting success and think about the glum crumbling stadium and F.A/government failings. And that would be a terrible shame.
I was lucky enough to go to the 2001 F.A Cup final between Liverpool and Arsenal, and although the Millennium Stadium is extremely impressive, I would have preferred to be at Wembley.
Many years ago, children would dream of scoring the winning goal in the F.A Cup final at Wembley, or after a semi-final success, fans would chant “we’re on our way to Wembley”. Somehow “we’re on our way to Cardiff” just doesn’t fit the bill.
The whole situation stinks of incompetence, ineptitude, corruption, red tape, etc.
The estimated cost of rebuilding Wembley Stadium has more than trebled since the project was first mooted in 1996. Back then, the budget was expected to be about £220m. By May 2001, when the government refused a request from the Football Association for financial help with the troubled project, the cost had risen to £700m
A consortium headed by a German bank could rescue Wembley Stadium.
Westdeutsche Landesbank is believed to be in talks over financing of the planned £700+m redevelopment of the stadium, beating off competition from our own Barclays Bank.
I know it doesn’t really matter where the money comes from, but a national stadium should be the pride of a nation and something we can be proud of, and yet if it’s funded by a German bank, it wont feel as if it’s 100% our own.
We are one of the richest nations in the world, so why can’t we afford to fund our own national stadium?
Wembley is an important part of our history and our future, so it should be an English project, funded by English money (It's not a racist thing, it's just the way it should be).
At the time of writing, the F.A is still yet to finalise a deal for the stadium project, so we wait even more.
Football fans deserve better, they follow the game with great dedication, it’s a hobby to many people, and they have been messed around by this whole affair for far too long.
I’m willing to bet that you’d be thinking “And it’s Hirst, he’s got...some people are on the pitch they think it’s all over....it is now!!” England winning the World Cup was THE moment in British sport.
Although most of us (myself included) weren’t around in 1966, the legacy of Wembley stadium will forever live on in that fantastic match, when England proved that they were the best at ‘the beautiful game’. When Bobby Moore held aloft the famous Jules Rimet trophy all those years ago, it was the pinnacle of our nations sporting success, and Wembley was the focal point of that achievement.
People might say that Wembley stadium is/was just a load of bricks, seats and grass, in basic terms, they’d be right. However, the home of football holds a special place in the nations hearts, so it’s a dreadful shame that we are in this position of seeing the Wembley project suffer at the hands of stuttering politicians and red-tape.
Why can’t we have a new national stadium to be proud of? The French have the impressive Stade de France, and even the Welsh have the magnificent Millennium Stadium. Wales are minnows of world football, and although it is a rugby stadium too, it’s amazing to see such a great stadium in such a place.
Though I wouldn’t say I’m a ‘die-hard’ supporter, but I can understand the frustration that many people feel when thinking about Wembley.
The F.A Cup is without a doubt the most famous annual team sport cup competition in the world, and a showpiece finale to the gruelling footie season, and now it hasn’t got a proper home and the final is played in a foreign country.
Wembley has played host to many great sporting events; the 1966 win, the Euro ’96 matches against Scotland (Gascoigne’s goal against Scotland rules!), the 4-1 drubbing we gave the Dutch, and the semi-final exit against the Germans on penalties, the sad defeat in the last Wembley game against Germany, and many classic F.A Cup finals.
It wasn’t just sport that benefited from Wembley either, ‘Live Aid’, one of the most culturally significant and successful music festivals ever was held there.
At the moment though, Wembley is left derelict, with no clear sign about development. No matter how many government taskforces, enquiries, investigations or committees of MPs look into the matter, it still doesn’t change the fact that we have been robbed of a national treasure, with still no clear sign of getting a new one.
The Millennium Dome comes to mind, that had similar problems, was way over budget and became a disaster for the government.
In the years that Wembley has been left unoccupied awaiting redevelopment, people’s faith in the whole project has diminished, and pretty soon, if you mention the words “Wembley Stadium”, we may forget about the great heritage and sporting success and think about the glum crumbling stadium and F.A/government failings. And that would be a terrible shame.
I was lucky enough to go to the 2001 F.A Cup final between Liverpool and Arsenal, and although the Millennium Stadium is extremely impressive, I would have preferred to be at Wembley.
Many years ago, children would dream of scoring the winning goal in the F.A Cup final at Wembley, or after a semi-final success, fans would chant “we’re on our way to Wembley”. Somehow “we’re on our way to Cardiff” just doesn’t fit the bill.
The whole situation stinks of incompetence, ineptitude, corruption, red tape, etc.
The estimated cost of rebuilding Wembley Stadium has more than trebled since the project was first mooted in 1996. Back then, the budget was expected to be about £220m. By May 2001, when the government refused a request from the Football Association for financial help with the troubled project, the cost had risen to £700m
A consortium headed by a German bank could rescue Wembley Stadium.
Westdeutsche Landesbank is believed to be in talks over financing of the planned £700+m redevelopment of the stadium, beating off competition from our own Barclays Bank.
I know it doesn’t really matter where the money comes from, but a national stadium should be the pride of a nation and something we can be proud of, and yet if it’s funded by a German bank, it wont feel as if it’s 100% our own.
We are one of the richest nations in the world, so why can’t we afford to fund our own national stadium?
Wembley is an important part of our history and our future, so it should be an English project, funded by English money (It's not a racist thing, it's just the way it should be).
At the time of writing, the F.A is still yet to finalise a deal for the stadium project, so we wait even more.
Football fans deserve better, they follow the game with great dedication, it’s a hobby to many people, and they have been messed around by this whole affair for far too long.
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