Wembley The National Disgrace

[Stephen230]

So Lands End is nearer to Birmingham than Wembley...?

Not sure teams from Lands End get to Wembley that often, so probably not too relevant.

Somewhere in The Midlands would have been a far better and fairer location. Clue’s in the name.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

Land’s end is 236 miles from Birmingham and 265 from London

 

[Grassland Blue]

Not sure teams from Lands End get to Wembley that often, so probably not too relevant.

Somewhere in The Midlands would have been a far better and fairer location. Clue’s in the name.

You need to research why Wembley was chosen as our National stadium.
(I used to think like you fwiw).

 

[Blue Mist]

A shit hole of a stadium badly conceived by a committee of “ blazers”who could not comprehend the meaning of “authentic fan experience”
To top that it was massively overpriced & almost bankrupted the FA

True story.
Some of the detail I've forgotten but just after the Hillsborough disaster the FA started pushing for all seater stadiums. The fact that a senior member of the FA had bought a near bankrupt company that made plastic seats had nothing to do with it. Honest.
Hillsborough, now with several ex FA wankers on the board of this company, was their first contract. The company went bust when the seats they provided for the new Wembley were deemed sub standard and rejected.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The place is a shithole, turnstiles don't even work properly, needs knocking down and starting again.

Just needs knocking down.

 

[bennyboy]

Maybe Chuck some of that lotto money at Hampden, a piss poor stadium but still better than Wemberlee. Big soulless stadium with no charm and a pointless arch.

A lot worse than Wembley is that dump.Found it a great atmosphere on Saturday at our end end.
Getting to and from is a nightmare.Even if you go by bus the journey back to the East is a nightmare.
I have missed countless midweek semi finals starts going by supporters bus.Traffic comes to a standstill before and after as well.Same problems as Wembley.
The thing with Wembley is it is a nightmare if not staying over.
Train strikes did not help but you have the same problems with buses every time.
The pub I was in was £7 a pint,next to the Wetherspoons.The cheapest drink I had all day was at Wembley pre match.
Getting a ground that holds 80,000 a problem
The theatre of shite and Birmingham can fuck off as well.

 

[Stephen230]

You need to research why Wembley was chosen as our National stadium.
(I used to think like you fwiw).

You talking about originally or the rebuild?

 

[Grassland Blue]

You talking about originally or the rebuild?

The original.

 

[Stephen230]

The original.

I might one day. Sounds like it might be interesting Will it have much relevance to where they decided to rebuild it nearly a century later?

 

[meeesh]

The place is a shithole, turnstiles don't even work properly, needs knocking down and starting again.

Yea in Birmingham