*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
Granted attendances are probably on the wain but we would need more than a capacity of 30k? anyone have the attendances of England home games at the rebuilt Wembley?
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[Football] FA receive offer to sell Wembley...
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Granted attendances are probably on the wain but we would need more than a capacity of 30k? anyone have the attendances of England home games at the rebuilt Wembley?
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
My thoughts.
A few years ago a bunch of old men (no women) decided to rebuild Wembley at a cost of £600 million.
£800 million later they got their stadium but were broke and so had to have lots of matches played there.
Along comes Shahid Khan and offers less than it cost but £500 million cash, these men like the sound of that. "We could pretend it's for grass roots football" they say.
Sold!
They then realise they don't have any offices or a football stadium and so negotiations begin to 'rent back' for £50 million a year Wembley Stadium. To cover these costs all quarter final FA Cup matches must now be played at Wembley.
You just know that's how it will end up.
A few years ago a bunch of old men (no women) decided to rebuild Wembley at a cost of £600 million.
£800 million later they got their stadium but were broke and so had to have lots of matches played there.
Along comes Shahid Khan and offers less than it cost but £500 million cash, these men like the sound of that. "We could pretend it's for grass roots football" they say.
Sold!
They then realise they don't have any offices or a football stadium and so negotiations begin to 'rent back' for £50 million a year Wembley Stadium. To cover these costs all quarter final FA Cup matches must now be played at Wembley.
You just know that's how it will end up.
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
Approx 76k
AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
When you say I watched the Albion at Smelhurst, doesn't have the same ring about it, when you can say Wembley!
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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Do you write banners for Ipswich Town fans?
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Are you kidding ? We get at LEAST double that, mostly 80k. We got 77k for Lithuania last year, and 81k for Malta.
GT49er
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Agree about the England games and the semis, but I'd be sad to see the FA Cup Final being played elsewhere - it wouldn't be the same.
Barham's tash
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Any deal that sees establishment of an overseas franchise for any other country’s domestic sport of choice sets a very dangerous precedent.
I’m not anti NFL I just hate the way teams can effectively sack their home city and upsticks if the commercial angle no longer stacks up.
As for the FA selling the family silver like this reeks of desperation. They already know they can’t finance any re-modernisation when the time comes and probably can’t believe this opportunity has presented itself.
Another reason to be thoroughly disappointed and dejected at the state of modern sport in this country.
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I’m not anti NFL I just hate the way teams can effectively sack their home city and upsticks if the commercial angle no longer stacks up.
As for the FA selling the family silver like this reeks of desperation. They already know they can’t finance any re-modernisation when the time comes and probably can’t believe this opportunity has presented itself.
Another reason to be thoroughly disappointed and dejected at the state of modern sport in this country.
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The Government paid for over £100m of the cost of the new Wembley.
Shirley the FA will pay that back out of the sale proceeds?
Shirley the FA will pay that back out of the sale proceeds?
Withdean and I
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- Aug 6, 2003
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I was joking about this. Wembley is iconic and always has been and it has always been special to play there. I can’t believe it could even be allowed to be sold. I think we did have a low crowd for an England game of about 40,000 a few years ago but appreciate that’s rare.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,323
The FA didn't own the old Wembley did they ?
They used a Lottery Grant to buy it for 120 million to redevelop so it is hardly the family silver.
I am far from impressed by the new place and isn't something I particular care about.
If they sell (which is probably a good idea) they should pay the money back.
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Perfidious Albion
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Yes, but it is OUR National stadium... Putting it in the hands of private foreign ownership means we have nothing . The whole point of it was to provide a home for England football, plus cup finals and national events.
£800 mill. won't go far once debts are repayed. What if the old one had been sold off back in the day? There would have been nothing to built the new one on.
Are they saying it was a mistake to rebuild it?
This is like a young couple selling up their house and just renting .. they enjoy the proceeds, while it lasts......
The Government have to get involved, surely they can stop it ?...I hope.
£800 mill. won't go far once debts are repayed. What if the old one had been sold off back in the day? There would have been nothing to built the new one on.
Are they saying it was a mistake to rebuild it?
This is like a young couple selling up their house and just renting .. they enjoy the proceeds, while it lasts......
The Government have to get involved, surely they can stop it ?...I hope.
The Birdman
New member
Sell it and build a brand new Stadium in the Midlands 120,000 stadium with designed for atmosphere.
With High speed rail link and invest in the Northern and Midlands power house.
With High speed rail link and invest in the Northern and Midlands power house.
Kuipers Supporters Club
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IMO it was. We don't need a national stadium.
Don't you just know it? This is the FA trying to strike a deal with an American billionaire businessman. There is only going to be one winner.
(Having said that I'm not opposed to the sale of Wembley per se. I just want the right deal).
Worried Man Blues
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Your first stop Balcombe on the southern line stopper to Birmingham.......................
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
I am in agreement Easy, I was quoting the figure *Withdean and I* jokingly threw in the mix for capacity of alternative venues to hold England games. I would guess we have higher support for friendlies than most footballing nations. For me selling The home of English football to a foreign investor is a bad idea. The money they received would soon disappear and grass roots football would not benefit in the long term.
John Byrnes Mullet
Global Circumnavigator
Should not be allowed to happen. I am sure if an Englishman tried to buy the National Stadium in any other country around the world he would be told were to go. The Stadium was built with tax payers money.