| Wembley 13:40 - Apr 26 with 8224 views | ted_hendrix |
Looks like it's been sold to that bloke from Fulham |  |
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| Wembley on 13:43 - Apr 26 with 6010 views | Jigsore |
the home of (american) football |  |
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| Wembley on 13:45 - Apr 26 with 5996 views | smegma |
One word.
WHY ????
He'll probably want to buy Buckingham Palace next. |  | | |
| Wembley on 13:51 - Apr 26 with 5954 views | Snipper |
So, it cost just short of £800m to rebuild, but they’re selling it for £600m.
WTF is going on? |  | | |
| Wembley on 13:55 - Apr 26 with 5931 views | daveB |
new stadium for Fulham?? |  | | |
| Wembley on 13:56 - Apr 26 with 5929 views | aston_hoop |
Does this mean the England team can go back to playing matches in different parts of the country now? because thats good at least. |  |
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| Wembley on 13:59 - Apr 26 with 5922 views | Juzzie |
The FA are a bunch of cnts. It should stay within their ownership, not be sold off.
From Wiki; "It is one of the most expensive stadia ever built at a cost of £798 million".
So that's a £2m profit they'll make. Whoop-de-fkin-woo. Genius. |  | | |
| Wembley on 14:06 - Apr 26 with 5892 views | Metallica_Hoop |
Someone on the BBC pointed out most of it was taxpayers money not the FA's.
If they sell it where's my cut? Might be able to get a beer out of it. |  |
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| Wembley on 14:09 - Apr 26 with 5884 views | makaveli1882 |
| Wembley on 13:45 - Apr 26 by smegma |
One word.
WHY ????
He'll probably want to buy Buckingham Palace next. |
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| Wembley on 14:16 - Apr 26 with 5852 views | robith |
| Wembley on 13:59 - Apr 26 by Juzzie |
The FA are a bunch of cnts. It should stay within their ownership, not be sold off.
From Wiki; "It is one of the most expensive stadia ever built at a cost of £798 million".
So that's a £2m profit they'll make. Whoop-de-fkin-woo. Genius. |
That's a pretty linear way of looking at it - once you account for interest the real cost was more like £110m, but they also make c.£2-£5m per event held at the stadium so if you took that as average on say 3 England games, 2 NFL games and 4 concerts per year they're more than in profit for the initial outlay
EDIT: actually not, I can't count [Post edited 26 Apr 2018 14:42]
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| Wembley on 14:48 - Apr 26 with 5767 views | Mick_S |
| Wembley on 13:59 - Apr 26 by Juzzie |
The FA are a bunch of cnts. It should stay within their ownership, not be sold off.
From Wiki; "It is one of the most expensive stadia ever built at a cost of £798 million".
So that's a £2m profit they'll make. Whoop-de-fkin-woo. Genius. |
I know where the old one is buried if anyone wants to make a quick few bob.
No s hit - for those that don't know it's under these hillocks in nutty Northolt. |  |
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| Wembley on 15:24 - Apr 26 with 5666 views | TheChef |
| Wembley on 14:48 - Apr 26 by Mick_S |
I know where the old one is buried if anyone wants to make a quick few bob.
No s hit - for those that don't know it's under these hillocks in nutty Northolt. |
Northala Fields innit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northala_Fields |  |
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| Wembley on 15:25 - Apr 26 with 5661 views | Hayesender |
Cup semi finals back to neutral grounds, England games shared around the country, maybe even cup finals at the millennium stadium.
Sod it, what's not to like if this happens? |  |
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| Wembley on 15:51 - Apr 26 with 5592 views | Esox_Lucius |
A new NFL franchise based in London? |  |
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| Wembley on 16:18 - Apr 26 with 5513 views | WokingR |
It would be nice to think that Fulhams owner would then tell Chelsea to stick any plans they had to use Wembley whilst their own sh*thole is being rebuilt right up their @rse. |  | | |
| Wembley on 17:02 - Apr 26 with 5436 views | Juzzie |
| Wembley on 16:18 - Apr 26 by WokingR |
It would be nice to think that Fulhams owner would then tell Chelsea to stick any plans they had to use Wembley whilst their own sh*thole is being rebuilt right up their @rse. |
Noooooooooo, they'll then go to Twickenham rugby stadium and I'll have thousands of them fukkers in the area every couple of weeks for two bleedin' years not to mention the traffic chaos on the A316 especially for midweek games.
Unless the RFU also tell them to fk off, which would be good.
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| Wembley on 17:05 - Apr 26 with 5423 views | kensalriser |
I'm thinking of brewing up a rant that would make a paulparker and Lblock double act look positively amateurish.
But just for now - fck the bunch of corrupt incompetents at the FA with the penises of a thousand elephants. Twice. And then cubed. |  |
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| Wembley on 17:36 - Apr 26 with 5336 views | Juzzie |
| Wembley on 14:06 - Apr 26 by Metallica_Hoop |
Someone on the BBC pointed out most of it was taxpayers money not the FA's.
If they sell it where's my cut? Might be able to get a beer out of it. |
From the Standard; "However, any further detailed talks about a sale would have to involve public sector bodies Sport England, Department of Culture Media and Sport and the GLA, which sunk a combined £161 million in the construction of the stadium. The Treasury would also have a say on any final terms." | | | |
| Wembley on 18:01 - Apr 26 with 5269 views | ted_hendrix |
FWIW I believe the FA wont finish paying for the stadium until 2023 or 2024 something like that anyway they still owe over £130 million on it or did a while ago 
There were bitter disputes between the FA and the construction Company near the end resulting in LADS (Liquidated and Ascertained Damages) being levied against the contractor and of course counter claims against the FA.
Anyway whatever does anybody remember the smell of Dubbin? there was something about opening a tin of dubbin, smelling it and then putting it on your boots, kinda of made you think that you'd play better if you had dubbin on your boots which of course in my case had no affect at all on my playing ability.
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| Wembley on 18:52 - Apr 26 with 5169 views | Boston |
| Wembley on 15:51 - Apr 26 by Esox_Lucius |
A new NFL franchise based in London? |
Not exactly new, but everyone over ‘ere thinks that the Jackonsonville Jaguars are moving over the pond. | |
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| Wembley on 20:01 - Apr 26 with 5091 views | PlanetHonneywood |
Expect a Chinese/Arab/Russian* bidder to make a plunge for it!
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| Wembley on 20:03 - Apr 26 with 5089 views | loftboy |
At the moment there’s a few NFL games played once a year and the place gets sold out, but would that be the case if it was every other week? Don’t like the sport so don’t know how much interest there would be, secondly anyone that goes to watch it are surely no better than MK Dons fans, imagine moving QPR 40 miles let alone 4000, day their diehard fans are gutted. |  |
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| Wembley on 20:11 - Apr 26 with 5071 views | QPR_John |
| Wembley on 20:03 - Apr 26 by loftboy |
At the moment there’s a few NFL games played once a year and the place gets sold out, but would that be the case if it was every other week? Don’t like the sport so don’t know how much interest there would be, secondly anyone that goes to watch it are surely no better than MK Dons fans, imagine moving QPR 40 miles let alone 4000, day their diehard fans are gutted. |
In the USA there is a culture of franchising sporting teams and moving them around the country. Doubt any fans will be unduly upset. | | | |
| Wembley on 20:17 - Apr 26 with 5061 views | danehoop |
| Wembley on 20:03 - Apr 26 by loftboy |
At the moment there’s a few NFL games played once a year and the place gets sold out, but would that be the case if it was every other week? Don’t like the sport so don’t know how much interest there would be, secondly anyone that goes to watch it are surely no better than MK Dons fans, imagine moving QPR 40 miles let alone 4000, day their diehard fans are gutted. |
is there such a thing as a die hard Jacksonville Jaguars fan? |  |
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| Wembley on 22:57 - Apr 26 with 4867 views | LongsufferingR |
Don't worry. The Sultan of Brunei will put a stop to it. |  | | |
| Wembley on 23:17 - Apr 26 with 4825 views | stowmarketrange |
| Wembley on 20:03 - Apr 26 by loftboy |
At the moment there’s a few NFL games played once a year and the place gets sold out, but would that be the case if it was every other week? Don’t like the sport so don’t know how much interest there would be, secondly anyone that goes to watch it are surely no better than MK Dons fans, imagine moving QPR 40 miles let alone 4000, day their diehard fans are gutted. |
It’s only sold out because the fans of every other nfl team buy tickets to see a game or two live.The home teams in the games seem to be at a disadvantage because there are less of their own fans at Wembley or Twickenham than there would be at their own stadiums.
How many fans could Jacksonville realistically pull in for every home game over here?The stadiums would be half empty every other week unless they gave loads of tickets away free or very cheaply. |  | | |
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