Wembley Stadium

|- | colspan=" 2" style=" text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; " bgcolor=" white" | |- | Place | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| London |- | initial Inauguration | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| April 28th 1923 |- | final Form in | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 2007 |- | Capacity | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 90.000 places |- | Team resident | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| |- | Events | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| OJ of summer of 1948
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OJ of summer of 2012 |} National stage English, inaugurated the April 28th 1923 for the British imperial exposure which was to be held the following year. Wembley accommodated OJ of 1948, the final of the football world cup 1966, gained in residence by the England, and of many finales of cuts of Europe.

Temple of football according to Peeled, the stage was demolished in 2000 in order to leave room to an ultramodern arena of: 90000 places which will be one of the principal stages of the Olympic Games of summer of 2012.

First Wembley

Initially known under the name of Stadium Empire, first Wembley is built starting from 1923 in sight the British exposure of 1924 on the site of the Watkins' Tower . The plans are signed by Owen Williams and its cost of construction was of 750.000 £. Intended to be only one transitory stage for the exposure, it should have been destroyed at the end of the festivities. It was not the case following an intervention of the Scot Baron Stevenson, president of the Steering Committee of the exposure.

The disctinctif sign of this enclosure was its two twin towers, named by the English simply the Twin towers .

Inaugurated the April 28th 1923 for the final of the F Cup between Bolton Wanderers FC and West Ham United FC, the stage between from the start in the legend. Enchanted to attend this inauguration, crowd presses itself in great number with Wembley this day. Between 150.000 and 200.000 fans girdle also the enclosure designed to accommodate only 127.000 spectators. Confusion is total, and presses it, compressed in the platforms, partly finds refuge on the ground. The police force intervenes to make evacuate the lawn so that the match can take place. Besides a police officer (George Scorey) ridden on a white horse (Billie) is particularly active in this spot and will leave his name to this very particular final: The White Horse Final . The part finally been able to be held with 45 minutes of delay in front of a full stage like an egg, and fans on the corner and touchlines. One of these spectators was besides reached with the head by a violent one shooting, and fell KB. Until May 2000, the final of F Cup is held traditionally in Wembley, but the enclosure is also the stage of the team of England of football, the Olympic stadium of 1948 and the stage of the finale of the Football world cup of 1966. Temple of football, Wembley is also the national stage of the Rugby to XIII: the greatest annual national appointment of the enclosure is certainly the final of the '' Challenge Cup '' it proceeds there every year since 1929 and the national team disputes her international meetings regularly there. Wembley was also equipped with a track of race of greyhounds and the meetings of this discipline were numerous there. This track was also used by the athletes and the race of Speedway. Other sports were also practiced in Wembley: hurling and football Gaelic of 1958 in the middle of the Years 1970 at the time of the annual tournament of Wembley, Cricket, American football and even some matches of the Tournament of the six nations of the team of Wales of Rugby to XV at the time of the building site of the Millennium Stadium.

In addition to the sporting appointments, Wembley also accommodates some musical events the such concert of the Live Aid the July 13rd 1985, the concert of homage to Nelson Mandela the June 11th 1988 and the Freddie Mercury Tribute the April 20th 1992. Among the artists having evolved/moved with Wembley in concerts with their name, let us quote Queen, Dire Straits, Madonna, U2 and Michael Jackson which will give 15 concerts including 7 consecutive concerts in 1988. The American group Bon Jovi was the last one has to occur with Wembley.

The stage closed its doors in 2000 and was shaven in 2002. The English had a relation between love-hatred and Wembley. This stage which was indeed built with goes quickly, was not conceived sprécifiquement for football, and the platforms behind the goals, of round form, were rather far away from the ground. The comfort of the stage was poor. However, the discussions were sharp at the end of the 20th century at the time of the debates on the future of the stage, in particular concerning the fate of the twin towers. A time was believed that these last would be preserved, but it was not the case.

New Wembley

The new enclosure of Wembley is designed to accommodate 90.000 spectators under optimal conditions of comfort and safety. Construction begins in June 2004 and was to be initially completed in spring 2006. After a delay of almost one year and a cost of 1,5 Billion euros, the handing-over of the keys is made in March 2007, so that the final of F Cup 2007 could be held in Wembley. In spite of these delays and the goings beyond of budgets, new Wembley is one of the showpieces of the organization of the Olympic Games of summer of 2012.

A 133 meters height arch overhangs the stage.

The March 24th 2007, the new enclosure of Wembley accommodated a friendly match between the English and Italian hopes, match which was completed 3-3 with a triplet of Gianpaolo Pazzini for Italy, opening the ball after only 29 seconds of play, in front of 55.700 spectators.

The official unveiling of new Wembley is made the May 19th 2007 at the time of the final of the cut of England of football. The final opposed Manchester United to Chelsea.

The national team of England carried out its first match in the new sporting enclosure, the June 1st 2007, at the end of a friendly meeting disputed against the national team of Brazil (final score 1-1).

The July 7th 2007 (7/7/07), the Live Earth stopped with London for a concert bringing together 23 singers, singers and groups. The concert is done in this stage. Madonna, The Black Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Genesis, Metallica and several others will occur during this day.

On June 9th and 10th 2007, George Michael gives the first two concerts in the new stage of Wembley by bringing together 230.000 people. The 16 and the June 17th 2007, MUSE occurred in this stage for an enormous concert. It is the first group to have made a concert there. It took place in front of 180.000 people with a setting in exceptional scene.

It should be noted that a final sequence of the film 28 Weeks later (with Robert Carlyle, left in 2007 on the French screens) proceeds in this stage.

Finales of the League of the accommodated champions

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