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16 unusual facts about Wembley Stadium


Bristol and Suburban Association Football League

The clubs amalgamated as Almondsbury Greenway in 1974 and reached the final of the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium in 1979, where Almondsbury Greenway were beaten by Billericay Town.

Chris Conte

In week seven against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Wembley Stadium, Conte recorded his first career interception after stripping the ball from Buccaneers receiver Mike Williams at the goal line.

Diana Hart

Diana was in attendance at SummerSlam in 1992 where her husband won the WWF Intercontinental Championship from her brother, Bret Hart, in the night's main event at Wembley Stadium.

Don Fox

In atrocious conditions at Wembley, the score was 11-7 to Leeds when Ken Hirst scored under the posts for Wakefield with the final play of the game.

Eddie Spicer

His only medal came in the FA Cup of 1950, Spicer appeared in all of Liverpool's seven matches including the final on 29 April, the Merseysider's first ever Wembley final, unfortunately, Arsenal were the opposition and spoilt the day by recording a 2–0 victory.

Feethams

Feethams was unusual in that after entering the turnstiles through the Twin Towers (not related to those at Wembley), spectators had to walk around a cricket pitch in order to enter the ground.

Herb Cohen

He also handled Montreux Jazz Festival tours of Japan and the US, and produced the US portion of the Nelson Mandela concert in Wembley Stadium upon Mandela's release.

Horsenden Hill

A scenic spot on the Capital Ring in the summer months, Horsenden Hill offers fine views across west London and beyond; places visible include Harrow on the Hill, the new Wembley Stadium, Northala Fields, planes coming in to land at Heathrow Airport, and on a clear day, the Home Counties of Surrey, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

Ismail Yakubu

On 12 May 2012 Yakubu played for Newport County in the FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium which Newport lost 2–0 to York City.

Mark Aston

This must have seemed a long way from the day, only 18 months earlier, when Aston won the Lance Todd Trophy in the Rugby League Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, inspiring Sheffield Eagles to a famous 17-8 win over Wigan.

Rose Hill, Northenden

He began construction of a larger version of the Eiffel Tower on the site of the current Wembley Stadium, but this was abandoned after a height of 155 feet had been reached.

Scouting in West Midlands

Since then it has had 34 Royal performances, appearing in events and venues such as Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, St Paul's Cathedral, the Royal Tournament, Wembley Stadium, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, London's Guild Hall, The Lord Mayor's Show, Horse Guards Parade, Coventry Cathedral, the Spalding Flower Parade, London's Easter Parade, and the Jersey Battle of Flowers.

Over the past few years, the band has performed at venues in places such as France, Alton Towers, Wembley Stadium and Arena, the Black Country Living Museum, and at the Birmingham International Tattoo alongside the Grenadier Guards and The Royal Marines.

St. Mary's, Harrow on the Hill

Notable buildings that can be seen are the buildings of Canary Wharf, and the BT Tower in Warren Street, some fourteen and nine miles respectively away from Harrow, and Wembley Stadium.

The Royal Regiment of Canada

International commitments include: performances for the United Nations in Cyprus; the Military Musical Pageant, held at Wembley Stadium, in London, England; a command performance for the colonel-in-chief, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Gardens of Buckingham Palace; and, being selected as the official band to accompany the veterans and the official party to the United Kingdom and France to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the raid on Dieppe August 19, 1942.

Western Football League

On four occasions, member clubs have lifted the FA Vase, Tiverton Town twice, Taunton Town once and most recently Truro City, who beat A.F.C. Totton in 2007 at the first final to be held at the new Wembley Stadium before a competition record crowd of 27,754.


1959–60 in English football

7 May 1960: Wolverhampton Wanderers defeat Blackburn Rovers 3–0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, with two goals from Norman Deeley and an own goal from Mick McGrath.

1993 Football League Second Division play-off Final

The 1993 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 1993, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division of The Football League in the 1992–93 season.

1993 Football League Third Division play-off Final

The 1993 Football League Third Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 29 May 1993, at the end of the 1992–93 season.

1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final

The 1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 1997, at the end of the 1996–97 season.

1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final

The 1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 May 1998 at the end of the 1997–98 season.

2009 Premier League Darts

The tournament came to a conclusion with the play-offs on Monday 25 May at the Wembley Arena – coinciding with the Football League play-offs at the neighbouring Wembley Stadium over the same weekend.

2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship

The draw for the 2010 World Blind Football Championship was held on Monday 12 April 2010 at Wembley Stadium in London and overseen by Sir Trevor Brooking, the Football Association's Director of Football Development, and George Cohen, who was part of England's winning team at the 1966 World Cup.

Acrylicize

acrylicize completed interior work for several of the UK's stadiums including Wembley Stadium, the Emirates Stadium, Twickenham and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Arthur Wint

He ran his final race in 1953 at Wembley Stadium, finished his internship, graduated as a doctor and the following year he was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

Bunny Sterling

Managed by George Francis, he won the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles on September 8, 1970 at Wembley Stadium in London, knocking out Mark Rowe in the fourth round.

Cecil McGivern

As programme director, he worked under the station's controller, Norman Collins, to establish the popularity of the fledgling channel, with one of the major events covered during this time being the 1948 Summer Olympics, broadcast live by the BBC from Wembley Stadium in London.

Dennis Viollet

His second and final appearance came on 28 September 1961, in a qualifying game for the 1962 World Cup at Wembley Stadium, in which he scored in a 4–1 win over Luxembourg.

FA Community Shield

In 1974 the then FA secretary, Ted Croker, created the current format with the match being played at Wembley Stadium, and being contested by the reigning League and FA Cup holders.

Gary Gillespie

He had played 14 times in the 1985–86 season, however, scoring three league goals, as the Reds sealed the double of the league title and the FA Cup, beating their local rivals Everton into second place and also defeating them 3–1 in the Wembley final.

Gusztáv Sebes

Among those who witnessed Hungary's Olympics victory was Stanley Rous, secretary-general of the English FA and future FIFA president; he subsequently approached Sebes and invited Hungary to play England at Wembley.

Hugh Johns

Other memorable games that he covered included Scotland's victory over World Champions England at Wembley in 1967 and another night of English anguish in 1973 as Alf Ramsey's team failed to beat Poland at Wembley and missed out on a place at the 1974 FIFA World Cup finals tournament (the match was only shown live on ITV, with highlights being shown on BBC later in the evening).

Janice Murray

The match was held at Wembley Stadium to mark the 20th anniversary of the Women's Football Association (WFA) and was played as a curtain–raiser to the male national team's Rous Cup game against Chile.

Kinetic architecture

The first is for functional buildings such as bridges which can elevate their midsections to allow tall ships to pass, or stadiums with retractable roofs such as the Veltins-Arena, Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, or Wembley Stadium.

Lee Canoville

He did however, make a cameo appearance in the playoff final against Bristol Rovers in the form of being incorrectly credited as Shrewsbury's goalscorer in the Wembley Stadium scoreboard, when in fact it was midfielder Stewart Drummond

Lisa I'Anson

Later on she was also presenting other live TV shows including the very first and subsequent MOBO awards (music of black origin), The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium and a live link from Ghana, West Africa direct to London with then British Prime Minister and U.S. President, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.

Marown A.F.C.

On 11 August 2008 the Under-10 team represented the Isle of Man at the English FA's National Football Festival held at Wembley Stadium in London.

Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno

Next for Tyson was a bout against popular British fighter Frank Bruno that was originally set for October 8, 1988 at Wembley Stadium in Bruno's native England.

Paulo Ferreira

However, Ferreira did play the full 120 minutes of Chelsea's 1–0 FA Cup final win over Manchester United on 19 May 2007, the first final to be played at the new Wembley.

Pierluigi Pairetto

Among the many prestigious games he officiated were the Euro 96 final between Germany and the Czech Republic at Wembley, and the classic USA 94 second-round clash between Romania and Argentina in Pasadena.

Ramble On

In June 2008 Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones joined the Foo Fighters on stage at Wembley Stadium and performed "Ramble On" with vocals performed by Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins on drums.

Ray Lambert

Lambert was also an integral member of the Reds squad that took Liverpool to their first ever Wembley final in 1950, Arsenal were the opponents on 29 April and spoilt the Merseysiders day by taking the cup back to Highbury after a 2-0 win.

Richard Beck

He worked on a variety of artists, celebrities and events including: Janet Jackson, Tina Arena, M People, BBMak, Capital FM’s ‘Party in the Park’ for The Prince’s Trust (3 Years), The BRIT Awards (5 Years), Songs & Vision (Wembley Stadium), The MTV Awards and The Rolling Stones ‘Voodoo Lounge’ and ‘Bridges To Babylon’ European tours.

Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside

Under his chairmanship the Anti-Apartheid Movement campaigned against the Thatcher government’s refusal to impose sanctions against South Africa in the 1980s and organised the 1988 ‘Free Mandela’ concert at Wembley Stadium which was televised by the BBC and broadcast around the world.

Tim Lees

He has performed and choreographed many football skills commercials including Coca-Cola Street Striker where Wayne Rooney headed the campaign later shown on Sky One, a Toni & Guy UK tour and at Wembley Stadium for Microsoft.

UEFA stadium categories

Wembley Stadium, the venue of the 2011 and 2013 Champions League Finals, holds 90,000 spectators.

Watkin's Tower

Among the pavilions and halls designed for the exhibition by John William Simpson, Maxwell Ayrton and Owen Williams was a grand sports arena, the 125,000-capacity British Empire Exhibition Stadium, later to be known as Wembley Stadium.

World Bowl '91

(Despite having a better record than the Knights, the semifinal game was held at Giants Stadium due to a scheduling conflict with a soccer match at Wembley Stadium).