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Wembley Stadium (sometimes referred to as The New Wembley and branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the original Wembley Stadium , which had stood from 1923 until 2003.
The former Wembley Stadium (/ ... of £127,000 as a £12,000 downpayment and the balance plus interest payable over ten years. [13] Aerial view of Wembley Stadium ...
The new Wembley Stadium. The first England game at the new Wembley Stadium was on 1 June 2007, against Brazil. [1] In the build-up to Euro 2016, England played two games away from Wembley for the first time since Wembley's opening. [2] They played against Turkey at Etihad Stadium, Manchester and against Australia at Stadium of Light, Sunderland.
In 1998, the Football Association considered plans on how to update Wembley and replacement was considered the best option, despite an offer from Arsenal F.C. to buy the stadium and restore it. [6] When the new designs were unveiled, it was announced that the Twin Towers would be demolished to make way for the new 90,000 capacity stadium.
The 1923 FA Cup final was an association football match between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United on 28 April 1923 at the original Wembley Stadium in London. The showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (better known as the FA Cup), it was the first football match to be played at Wembley Stadium.
During the 1998–99 season Arsenal played their UEFA Champions League home matches at Wembley, [2] with the 73,707 attendance against Lens exceeding the record for Highbury and Tottenham Hotspur also played their UEFA Champions League games at Wembley Stadium in the 2016–17 season. [3]
The centenary of the Football League was marked by a number of events between mid-1987 and 1988, including a match at Wembley between a Football League XI and a Rest of the World XI (featuring Diego Maradona and Gary Lineker) in August 1987, [4] Football League champions Everton facing Bayern Munich in a mid-season challenge match (at a time when English clubs were banned from UEFA ...
First FA Cup winners at the new Wembley Stadium: Chelsea v. Manchester United, 2007 FA Cup final, 19 May 2007; First domestic double: Chelsea v. Portsmouth, 2010 FA Cup final, 15 May 2010 (also winning the 2009–10 Premier League) The first team to score 100 Premier League goals in a season: 2009–10 Premier League season