With the new stadium nearing completion, will Wembley be restored as the mecca of World football. Or has Wembley lost its crown to another stadium?
2007-02-20 00:56:02 · 18 answers · asked by Prince 3 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
Wembley always will be, and has been, the home of football. The name conjures up so many memories that it will always have a place in our history.
People overseas will always think of the name "Wembley" as being very special irrespective, of the fact that it is a new stadium.
2007-02-20 01:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first part of this question has been answered well enough, as for the semi finals. It was never the FA's intention to play them there. The venue was always one of a dozen stadiums chosen for size and their roughly neutral distance between the two participating teams. Two events made this more difficult...1st the Hillsborough disaster exposed the decaying nature of England's Edwardian stadiums. The resultant Taylor report called for all seater stadia which vastly reduced the capacity of most stadiums overnight. Second was the events of the 1993 semi finals. When Spurs were drawn to take on Arsenal there just wasn't any other choice but Wembley, Chelsea's Stamford Bridge wasn't remotely close to the top quality stadium it is today and wasn't suitable. The other semi final involved the two Sheffield clubs {oh how times have changed eh} Needless to say they wanted a day out at Wembley too and the FA agreed. Once the precident had been set it was hard to turn down requests from future semi finalists although it is likely that the FA will try and avoid using Wembley for semis in future and will place them in Cardiff, Manchester and Arsenal, along with any other stadia that hit the 60,000 capacity mark.
2016-03-15 22:29:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wembley always was the home of football...and when it re-opens it will be the biggest all seater stadium in the world...so yes it will still be the home of football!!
2007-02-20 01:17:41 · answer #3 · answered by Andy H2 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
of course its wembley, although there is great stadia with great history, wembley is the place any unbiased fan would admit to being the home and birthplace of the greatest sport in the worlds history.
2007-02-20 06:20:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the new Wembley is definitely the home of football.
2007-02-20 01:04:38 · answer #5 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No way, Maracana is the best stadium of the world.
2007-02-20 01:44:13 · answer #6 · answered by Hector O 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that's the kind of stadium any team would like to play in.
Thanx!
2007-02-20 01:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by Invasion 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was never the home of football, who told you that, football lives in Brookside Close at number 14, I know I was talking to it yesterday
2007-02-20 01:04:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It used to be but as for the here and now .... well lets see when its open and completed and we've had a full house there first !
2007-02-20 01:07:23 · answer #9 · answered by I.P. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's definitely the home of football.
2007-02-20 06:19:48 · answer #10 · answered by Dan64 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋