Wembley could be sold

So there are reports that the FA have received a bid for £800 million for Wembley.

I've got to say I hope it isn't sold. An iconic part of footballing legacy and the home of English football for a century.

Quoted from horsforthmariner

So there are reports that the FA have received a bid for £800 million for Wembley.

I've got to say I hope it isn't sold. An iconic part of footballing legacy and the home of English football for a century.

I hope it is.  The iconic part went (for me) when they re-vamped it and got rid of the twin towers.  Sell it, and share International matches and cup finals around the Country.

Couldn't care less. It's now a monstrous corporate bowl. It is a good stadium, but it just represents the lop sided nature of football in this country, where all the wealth goes to the top. It's a massively expensive day out now to Wembley, so i'd be quite happy if play offs were somewhere smaller and more provincial. Besides, us Town fans have done Wembley to death.  

As long as it's there and hosts football matches I don't care who owns it

Why not? The FA has just about knackered everything else football wise. Might as well put the whole lot out to tender to the highest bidder.

Quick some one tell them we done mind sharing with the Falcons if they build us a stadium in Grimsby instead.  

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

Quick some one tell them we done mind sharing with the Falcons if they build us a stadium in Grimsby instead.  

Jacksonville Mariners

I'd rather England games were staged around the country anyways.

Yes sell it as its means nothing to me since the old Wembley was knocked down I agree it's just a coprate bowl of excrement, I've hated it ever since they started staging the FA cup semi finals there, for me when I think of the new Wembley I just think rip-off!  nothing to do with the fans anymore it's all about the money, so get it sold good riddance and throw in the Monarchy as well buy one get one free should do it.

You always come across as such a happy man.

Quoted from Grim74

Yes sell it as its means nothing to me since the old Wembley was knocked down I agree it's just a coprate bowl of excrement, I've hated it ever since they started staging the FA cup semi finals there, for me when I think of the new Wembley I just think rip-off!  nothing to do with the fans anymore it's all about the money, so get it sold good riddance and throw in the Monarchy as well buy one get one free should do it.

I disagree. You'd get more splitting up the lots, and selling them one Royal at a time.

* You could probably chuck in the relevant spouse and kids, so each multi-billionaire could have their own royal family

Quoted from horsforthmariner

So there are reports that the FA have received a bid for £800 million for Wembley.

I've got to say I hope it isn't sold. An iconic part of footballing legacy and the home of English football for a century.

Agree.Tradition for me is key.

I am a traditionalist. I hate the PL, I hate the way the top clubs have turned the FA Cup into a Mickey Mouse competition with weak teams, I hate the way the game is being tinkered with over VAR just to pander to a US football type game scenario, I hate the way Sky is allowed to ruin our national game. The England set up has been crap for years, the FA could not manage a urine party in a public toilet ..... but .......

Wembley has gone, at least the one I liked from my childhood has. The architects’ dream house is a mismanaged replacement that has cost a fortune, some of it from me and you. So why not let the FA be a customer? Why not get the public money back and let the FA hire stadia across the country for England games? As long as the deal specifies certain circumstances where FA needs have priority I can see no problem.

Echo that RRC. At least games like the FA Trophy Final and lower league playoffs will be relieved of the (FA's) need (for them) to be played at Wembley  

The FA Trophy (and Vase) final has always been at Wembley hasn't it (apart from when it got knocked down)?

Dunno Abdul. I think the forerunner, the Amateur Cup was, but not sure about the Trophy. But usually for those games the crowd rattles round in there.

Can't understand why anyone would prefer the old Wembley. It was crap. The seats were miles from pitch and very basic. The facilities were limited.

The new Wembley is vastly better. The view is superb from every seat, the catering is far superior and the toilets clean.

They could sell Wembley and use the money to build a new national stadium in the midlands.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Dunno Abdul. I think the forerunner, the Amateur Cup was, but not sure about the Trophy. But usually for those games the crowd rattles round in there.

Aye that's true. And nearly freezes to death if the final's in bloody march

Quoted from gaz57

They could sell Wembley and use the money to build a new national stadium in the midlands.

Should do that with the Houses of Parliament which is going to cost billions to bring up to modern standards.

Quoted from BraStrap

Can't understand why anyone would prefer the old Wembley. It was crap. The seats were miles from pitch and very basic. The facilities were limited.

The new Wembley is vastly better. The view is superb from every seat, the catering is far superior and the toilets clean.

and smelt of cat urine and crap, bit like the top of the main stand

It's not an authentic footballing experience if you're not wading through pools of urine and wads of screwed up toilet paper to get to the urinals. Modern day stadia have taken all the authenticity put of the game.

Snow flake Lineker said it's a good idea to sell Wembley- SO KEEP IT!

Quoted from gaz57

They could sell Wembley and use the money to build a new national stadium in the midlands.

Build it at Great Coates and we can share it. We're in the middle of the county, just a bit to one side  

If it was privately owned could that mean a significant rise in the cost of tickets, just wondering in case we make the play-off final next year...........


























.....and the FA Trophy Final.

Couldn't give a crap who owns it. It's just a stadium. Didn't it cost more and take a longer to build than was originally planned? Built by a German company wasn't it
If it was flattened tomorrow would it make any difference? The cup final being the exception

Well it's just the businesspeople who are running our game being businesspeople, isn't it?

As a fan I rather resent being viewed as a customer.

Customers: presumably satisfied returners plus a few hopeful first-timers. Your very presence in their establishment signifies hope or approval.

Fans: I don't care how much you paid for the football club because what you bought was built with fans' money anyway.
          You're just temporary....it's our establishment. We can do 3 20+ winless streaks, lest you forget.

Have had a few bevies btw...

Wouldn't it be...well, wonderful, if JF could move away in a dignified manner. The club's image could stand it.

Quoted from gaz57

They could sell Wembley and use the money to build a new national stadium in the midlands.

Or sell it and take back the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park ( West Ham’s ground) back, since we already pay so much of their bills anyway.

Quoted from nightrider

Couldn't give a crap who owns it. It's just a stadium. Didn't it cost more and take a longer to build than was originally planned? Built by a German company wasn't it
If it was flattened tomorrow would it make any difference? The cup final being the exception

Spurs would have to play at the Hive until White Hart Lane is completed.

Quoted from BraStrap

Can't understand why anyone would prefer the old Wembley. It was crap. The seats were miles from pitch and very basic. The facilities were limited.

The new Wembley is vastly better. The view is superb from every seat, the catering is far superior and the toilets clean.

Because it had history...because it was special....because by and large you had to work damn fking hard to get a game there...
Spurs play home games there, semi finals are played there FFS, aside from the "arch" its a soulless concrete bowl just like many other modern stadia.
I stood at the old Wembley yeas ago and watched games, i was lucky enough to see MY team run out there TWICE in 98...the twin towers, the dog track...completely iconic IMO.
I would ask any of the younger generation ie under 25 ...do they view Wembley as special ?
For anybody over 30 i doubt they feel any affinity with the place at all.

Quoted from moosey_club

Because it had history...because it was special....because by and large you had to work damn fking hard to get a game there...
Spurs play home games there, semi finals are played there FFS, aside from the "arch" its a soulless concrete bowl just like many other modern stadia.
I stood at the old Wembley yeas ago and watched games, i was lucky enough to see MY team run out there TWICE in 98...the twin towers, the dog track...completely iconic IMO.
I would ask any of the younger generation ie under 25 ...do they view Wembley as special ?
For anybody over 30 i doubt they feel any affinity with the place at all.

Spot on

I remember I went on one of  them tours at the old Wembley stadium.It was near dusk and just being there in the stadium was awe inspiring. So much history and magic.

Whatever people say about the old ground it had a nostalgia that could never be replaced or no money could be.The icing on the cake being that we won the world cup there.

Don't enjoy the new Wembley, it's all wrong and has been reduced to a corporate statement. This is now the chance to literally bite the bloody hand off the geezer wanting to pay for it.

There's no aura or mystique about it anymore. There's no feeling of everything it used to be. Its the same as the Olympic stadium, in being that its a new building lump.

Take the games around the country (it works in other countries) and allow fans a cheaper way to see England play. Take games to the cities where people don't often get chance to see the national team play, and not having to fork out a small fortune for the privilege