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Also when England played Uruguay in the very first game of the 1966 World Cup the crowd was about 12,000 UNDER capacity! That seems almost unbelievable now, can you imagine the opening game of any World Cup, let alone one in England, not selling out? However unlike today football's appeal then...

Yeah, I did seem to trash my own argument there! :dunce: Thinking about it I've come to the conclusion that actually you're right, or at least 'more right' than me. 60-odd thousand to watch a poor England side play a match that we all knew would be 'attackers v defenders' against a team ranked...

Yeah, there are only about five or six, but without wishing to sound TOO pedantic that's still more than a 'one-off'. And there are only 8 NFL home games in a regular season - assuming you don't lose one to London!

It's not a one-off opportunity though is it? There's a constant stream of friendlies and qualifiers. As Simster points out one of the reasons the NFL Wembley attendances are higher is because they ARE less common. He's also right (as are you) about the problems of Wembley. Back in the 60s, 70s...

No, 65,000 is brilliant to watch a team ranked that low. (Unless of course the tickets were only £10 in which case it's about right). In 1984 I saw England play East Germany at Wembley and the attendance was less than 24,000. And in those days you could POTG, indeed I only went as a...