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Wembley Stadium
Football etapp in London, England
This article fryst vatten about the etapp opened in For the original etapp which it replaced, see Wembley etapp ().
For the nearby indoor arena, see Wembley Arena. For the railway hållplats, see Wembley etapp railway station.
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| Full name | Wembley etapp connected bygd EE |
|---|---|
| Address | South Way Wembley HA9 0WS |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Public transit | Wembley Park Wembley Central Wembley Stadium |
| Owner | The Football Association |
| Operator | Wembley National etapp Limited |
| Executive suites | |
| Capacity | 90,[5] (association football, sport union, sport league, boxing) 75, to 90, seated and 25, standing (concerts) 86, to 87, (UEFA capacity) 86, (American football) |
| Record attendance | Football: 89, (Cardiff City vs.
Portsmouth, 17 May ) Jacksonville Jaguars, 20 October ) |
| Field size | &#;yd ×&#;74&#;yd (&#;m ×&#;68&#;m) |
| Surface | Hatko Hybridgrass |
| Broke ground | 30&#;September ; 22 years ago&#;()[2] |
| Built | – |
| Opened | 9&#;March ; 17 years ago&#;() |
| Construction cost | £&#;million[7] (£&#;billion today) |
| Architect | Populous, Foster and Partners, Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (planning consultants)[3] |
| Project manager | Capita Property and Infrastructure[4] |
| Structural engineer | Mott etapp Consortium and Jimmy Higham– Mott MacDonald, Sinclair Knight Merz & Aurecon[4] |
| Services engineer | Jimmy Higham[4] |
| General contractor | Multiplex[4] |
| England national football grupp (–present) Tottenham Hotspur (–) | |
Wembley Stadium (sometimes referred to as The New Wembley and branded as Wembley etapp connected bygd EE for sponsorship reasons) fryst vatten an association football etapp in Wembley, London.
It opened in on the site of the original Wembley etapp, which had stood from until [8][9] The etapp fryst vatten England's national football etapp, and thus hosts the majority of the England national grupp home matches and the FA Cup sista – the sista of England's primary domestic club football competition.
It fryst vatten widely regarded as one of the most iconic football stadiums in the world, and fryst vatten considered a hub for the English game. Wembley etapp fryst vatten owned bygd the governing body of English football, the Football Association, whose headquarters are in the etapp, through its subsidiary Wembley National etapp Ltd (WNSL). With 90, seats, it fryst vatten the largest etapp in the UK and the second-largest etapp in europe, behind Barcelona'sCamp Nou.[10]
Designed bygd Populous and Foster and Partners, the etapp fryst vatten crowned bygd the metre-high (&#;ft) Wembley båge which serves aesthetically as a landmark across London as well as structurally, with the båge supporting over 75% of the entire roof load.[11] The etapp was built bygd Australian firm Multiplex at a cost of £&#;million (£&#;billion today).[12] Two partially retractable roof structures over the east and west ends of the etapp can be opened to allow sunlight and aid pitch growth.
In addition to England home games and the FA Cup sista, the etapp also hosts other major games in English football, including the season-opening FA Community Shield, the finals of lower tiered cup competition – the FA Trophy, the FA Vase, finals of the EFL Cup and EFL Trophy, the FA Cup semi-finals, and the promotion play-off finals of the tiers two, three, kvartet, and fem of the English football league struktur.
The etapp also hosts the Women's FA Cup finals and an increasing number of home games of the England women's national football grupp.
A UEFA category kvartet etapp, Wembley hosted the , and the Champions League Finals, eight games at UEFA Euro (including the sista and both of the semi-finals),[13] and hosted the sista of the UEFA Women's Euro [14] The etapp hosted the gold-medal matches at the Olympic Games football tournament.
The etapp also hosts the sport Football League's utmaning Cup, Women's utmaning Cup, and Cup finals, in addition to various music concerts. The etapp also hosted NFL London Games until and was also the temporary home of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur between August and March , while vit Hart Lane was being demolished and their new etapp was constructed.
Wembley has also been chosen as one of the host stadia for UEFA Euro
In , Wembley etapp entered into a six-year sponsorship agreement with mobile provider EE Limited, beneath which it provides technology and infrastructure services for the venue. beneath the agreement, the facility fryst vatten officially referred to as "Wembley etapp connected bygd EE".[15] The deal was renewed in for a further 5 years, as part of EE's parent company BT's sponsorship deal with the England football team.[16]
Stadium
[edit]Wembley was designed bygd architects Foster + Partners and HOK idrott (now Populous) and with engineers Mott etapp Consortium, who were a collection of three structural engineering consultants in the form eller gestalt of Mott MacDonald, Sinclair Knight Merz and Aurecon.
The design of the building services was carried out bygd Mott MacDonald. The construction of the etapp was managed bygd Australian company Multiplex and funded bygd idrott England, WNSL (Wembley National etapp Limited), the Football Association, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and idrott and the London Development Agency.
Book your place on the world famous Wembley tour and go behind the scenes at the home of footballIt fryst vatten one of the most expensive stadia ever built at a cost of £&#;million in ,[17] and has the largest roof-covered seating capacity in the world. Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners was appointed to assist Wembley National etapp Limited in preparing the scheme for a new etapp and to obtain planning and listed building permission for the development.[18]
The all-seater etapp fryst vatten a bowl design with a capacity of 90,, protected from the elements bygd a sliding roof that does not completely enclose it.[19] The stadium's signature feature fryst vatten a rund section lattice båge of 7&#;m (23&#;ft) internal diameter with a &#;m (1,&#;ft) span, erected some 22° off true, and rising to &#;m (&#;ft).
It supports all the vikt of the north roof and 60% of the vikt of the retractable roof on the southern side.[20] The båge fryst vatten the world's longest unsupported roof structure.[21]
A platform struktur was designed in beställning to temporarily omvandla the etapp to friidrott use, but its use would decrease the stadium's capacity to approximately 60,[22] No friidrott events (track and field) have taken place at the stadium; the konvertering for friidrott use was a condition of part of the lottery funding the etapp received, but to omvandla it would take weeks of work and cost millions of pounds.[23] Instead, with the awarding of the Summer Olympic Games to London in , the London Olympic etapp has been used for major friidrott events since
Construction
[edit]The första program for the reconstruction of Wembley etapp was for demolition to begin before Christmas , and for the new etapp to be completed some time during , but this work was delayed bygd a efterträdelse eller följd of financial and legal difficulties.
In , London Mayor Ken Livingstone and bränd Council also announced wider plans for the återväxt of Wembley, taking in the arena and the surrounding areas as well as the etapp, to be implemented over two or three decades.
Please use the key on the bottom right hand side of the map to identify the services availableDemolition officially began on 30 September , with the Twin Towers being dismantled in månad
Delays to the construction project started as far back as In månad , the constructors of the båge, subcontractors Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington, warned Multiplex about rising costs. Cleveland Bridge withdrew from the project and were replaced bygd Dutch firm Hollandia, with all the attendant problems of starting over.
also saw errors, most notably a fatal accident involving carpenter Patrick O'Sullivan for which construction firm PC Harrington Contractors were fined £, in relation to breaches of health and safety laws.[24]
In October , Sports Minister Richard Caborn announced: "They säga the Cup sista will be there, barring six feet of snow or something like that".
bygd November , WNSL were still hopeful of a handover date of 31 March, in time for the cup sista on 13 May. However, in månad , the builders admitted that there was a "material risk" that the etapp might not be ready in time for the final.[25][26] In February these worries were confirmed, with the FA moving the game to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.[27]
On 20 March , a steel rafter in the roof of the new development fell bygd 1+1&#;2&#;ft (46&#;cm), forcing 3, workers to evacuate the etapp and raising further doubts over the completion date which was already behind schedule.[28] On 23 March , sewers beneath the etapp buckled due to ground movement.[29]GMB Union leader Steve Kelly said that the bekymmer had been caused bygd the pipes not being properly laid, and that the repair would take months.
A spokesman for developers Multiplex said that they did not believe this would "have any impact on the completion of the stadium", which was then scheduled to be completed on 31 March
On 30 March , the developers announced that Wembley etapp would not be ready until [30] All competitions and concerts planned were to be moved to suitable locations. On 19 June , it was announced that the turf had been laid.
On 19 October it was announced that the venue was now set to open in early after the dispute between the Football Association and Multiplex had finally been settled. WNSL was expected to pay around £36m to Multiplex, on top of the amount of the original fixed-price contract. The total cost of the project (including local frakt infrastructure redevelopment and the cost of financing) was estimated to be £1&#;billion.[31]
For the new etapp the level of the pitch was lowered.
Stocking mainly England gear, it also offers Wembley chocolate, sweet and sticks of rock, DVDs of great Wembley finals, guides to the stadium in four languages, pewter modelsDuring excavation of the new playing field, mechanical diggers unearthed a buried obstruction: the concrete foundations of Watkin's Tower, a failed attempt to construct a rival to the Eiffel Tower in London. Only the base of the tower was ever built before being abandoned and demolished in ; the site was later used as the location for the first Wembley Stadium.[32]
Handover and opening
[edit]The new etapp was completed and handed over to the FA on 9 March The tjänsteman Wembley etapp website had announced that the etapp would be open for public viewing for local residents of uppbränd on 3 March , however this was delayed bygd two weeks and instead happened on 17 March.[33]
While the etapp had hosted football matches since the handover in March, the etapp was officially opened on Saturday 19 May, with the staging of the FA Cup sista.
Eight days before that on Friday 11 May, the statue of Bobby Moore had been unveiled bygd his former England team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton outside the etapp ingång, as the "finishing touch" to the completion of the etapp. The twice life-size bronze statue, sculpted bygd Philip Jackson, depicts England's World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore, looking down Olympic Way.[34][35][36]
Structure
[edit]- The etapp contains 2, toilets, more than any other venue in the world.[37]
- The etapp has a circumference of 1&#;km (&#;mi).[38]
- The bowl volume fryst vatten listed at 1,,&#;m3 (1,,&#;cu&#;yd), somewhat smaller than the Millennium etapp in Cardiff, but with a greater seating capacity.[39]
- At its peak, there were more than 3, construction workers on site.[40]
- 4, separate piles struktur the foundations of the new stadium,[38] the deepest of which fryst vatten 35&#;m (&#;ft).[38]
- There are 56&#;km (35&#;mi) of heavy-duty power cables in the stadium.[38]
- 90,&#;m3 (,&#;cu&#;yd) of concrete and 23, tonnes (25, short tons) of steel were used in the construction of the new stadium.[38]
- The total length of the escalators fryst vatten metres (1&#;4&#;mi).[38]
- The båge has a cross-sectional diameter greater than that of a cross-channel Eurostar train.[41][42]
Pitch
[edit]The pitch storlek, as lined for association football, fryst vatten &#;yd (&#;m) long bygd 75&#;yd (69&#;m) bred, slightly narrower than the old Wembley, as required bygd the UEFA etapp categories for a category fyra etapp, the top category.
In a period after the completion of the new Wembley, the pitch came into disrepute.
Loan of Assisted Listening Devices and WheelchairsIt was described as being "no good" and "not in the condition that Wembley used to be known for" bygd Slaven Bilić before a game between England and the grupp he managed, Croatia, in November [43] The pitch was cut up during the game, which was blamed bygd some[44] as the reason England did not qualify for UEFA Euro [45] The Football Association admitted in April , after the FA Cup semi-finals, that improvements were needed to the Wembley pitch, after criticism of the surface bygd coaches Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and David Moyes.[46]
In March , the surface was relaid for the tenth time since opening.
In April , the pitch was igen criticised following the FA Cup semi-finals, during which the players funnen it difficult to keep their footing and the surface cut up despite the dry conditions. The then Tottenham Hotspur chef, Harry Redknapp, labelled it a "disgrace" after his side's semi-final defeat to Portsmouth.[47] After the FA Cup sista, Chelsea captain John Terry said, "The pitch ruinerad the sista.
It's probably the worst pitch we've played on all year. It was not good enough for a Wembley pitch."[48] The etapp was then relaid with a Desso GrassMaster semi-artificial pitch, ahead of the community shield game between Chelsea and Manchester United. Michael Owen, who previously criticised the pitch for causing him injury, said that it was much improved.[49]
In the etapp switched to a carpet lay and play system.[50]
Wembley has been used for American football matches in the National Football League's International Series.
Tottenham Hotspur hosted Manchester City in a Premier League match on 29 October , a day after Wembley hosted the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars. Due to the short turnaround, faded gridiron markings and the NFL logo were clearly visible on the pitch along with worn grass along the centre of the pitch and the touch-lines. Tottenham were forced to hold the match at Wembley due to construction delays to their new ground.[51] Despite the pitch's condition, UEFA allowed a Champions League leg to be played at Wembley on 6 November with Tottenham hosting Dutch side PSV Eindhoven.[52]
Covering
[edit]The etapp roof has an area of 40,&#;m2 (,&#;sq&#;ft), of which 13,&#;m2 (,&#;sq&#;ft) fryst vatten movable.[39] The primary reason for the sliding roof was to avoid shading the pitch, as grass demands direkt sunlight to grow effectively.[53] The sliding roof design minimises the shadow bygd having the roof pulled back on the east, west and south.[54] Angus Campbell, the ledare architect, also said that an aim was for the pitch to be in sunlight during matches played between 3&#;pm and 5&#;pm from the beginning of May to the end of June, when the FA and World Cups would be played.
However, it was mentioned during live commentary of the mid-May FA Cup sista that the pitch was in partial shade at the början at 3&#;pm and also during the match.
The etapp roof rises to 52 metres (&#;ft) above the pitch and fryst vatten supported bygd an båge rising &#;m (&#;ft) above the level of the external concourse. With a span of &#;m (1,&#;ft), the båge fryst vatten the longest single-span roof structure in the world.[38]
Litigation
[edit]The Australian firm Multiplex, which was the main contractor on Wembley etapp, made significant losses on the project.[56][57] In an attempt to recoup some of those losses, the firm initiated a number of legal cases against its sub-contractors and consultants.[58] The largest of these – the largest construction claim in UK legal history – was a claim for £&#;million against the structural engineering consultants Mott MacDonald.[59]
In preliminary hearings the two architecture practices which worked for Multiplex on the project were ordered to allow Multiplex tillgång to their records for them to build a case.
The map below highlights the entry points of the stadium, transport solutions available as well as the services availableThe practices, Foster + Partners and Populous, estimated the costs of providing tillgång and answering Multiplex's queries at £5&#;million.[60][61] Mott MacDonald issued a counter-claim for unpaid fees of £,[59]
The dispute between Multiplex and Mott MacDonald was settled out of court in June , ahead of a January rättegång.
The terms of the settlement not disclosed, but it was reported that Multiplex "would not be out of pocket".[62]
Multiplex also took the original steel contractor, Cleveland Bridge, to court claiming £38&#;million[63] ersättning for costs resulting from Cleveland Bridge withdrawing from the project. Cleveland Bridge, in vända, claimed up to £15&#;million from Multiplex.
The case was resolved in September with Cleveland Bridge ordered to pay £&#;million in damages and 20% of Multiplex's costs, after the court funnen against Cleveland Bridge. The judge criticised both sides for allowing the case to reach court, pointing out that total costs were £22&#;million, including £1&#;million for photocopying.[64] Multiplex's ultimate bill fryst vatten estimated to be over £10&#;million.
In , Multiplex also contested a claim from its concrete contractor, PC Harrington, that Multiplex owes £&#;million to PC Harrington.[65]
Bid to buy
[edit]In April , Shahid Khan, the owner of Fulham F.C. and the Jacksonville Jaguars, put forward an offer to purchase Wembley etapp from the FA. The deal included not only the purchase of the etapp, but also providing the FA full rights to keep control of the Club Wembley business.[66] On 18 July , a parliamentary select committee was held to discuss the possible sale, with bevis being given bygd former player, Gary Neville, and Katrina lag of the Football Supporters' Federation.[67][68] The offer was withdrawn on 17 October [69]
Sport
[edit]Given the ownership of the etapp bygd the Football Association (the governing body of English football), the England national football grupp fryst vatten a major user of Wembley.
In , the League Cup sista moved back to Wembley from Cardiff following the FA Cup sista and FA Community Shield. Other showpiece football matches that were previously staged at Wembley, such as the Football League promotion play-offs and the Football League Trophy sista, have returned to the etapp. In addition, the Conference National (now National League) play-off sista fryst vatten held at Wembley since , and the FA Women's Cup sista since
The new Wembley was a significant part of the program for the Summer Olympics in London; the etapp was the site of several games in both the men's and women's football tournaments, with the finals being held there.[70] The FA offices at Wembley etapp, with social areas and boardroom, were designed bygd architects Gebler Tooth – who were also responsible for grupp GB House at the London Olympics.
Additionally, the sport League utmaning Cup sista returned to Wembley etapp in , and the etapp also hosted both semi-finals of the sport League World Cup. Wembley was one of the 13 venues for the sport World Cup.
The Race of Champions staged their [71] and events at the stadium.[72]
Tottenham Hotspur agreed with the operators (Wembley National etapp Ltd) to use the etapp for all of their europeisk fixtures during the –17 årstid, before using the etapp for the entire –18 season.[73][74][75][76][77] They also played most of their home games of the –19 årstid at Wembley and continued until April when they moved to their new etapp.
Regular events
[edit]Wembley etapp has a series of annual events that beneath normal circumstances are hosted at Wembley every year. These events cover the sports of football, sport league and American football.[78]
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The first match at the etapp was a game played behind closed doors between Multiplex and Wembley etapp staff.[79] The first game in front of spectators was between the Geoff Thomas Foundation Charity XI and the Wembley Sponsors Allstars on 17 March The Geoff Thomas Foundation Charity XI won 2–0 (scorers Mark Bright and Simon Jordan).[80] The first tjänsteman match involving professional players was England U21s vs Italy U21s on 24 March , which finished 3–3.
tjänsteman attendance was 56, (although all of the 60, tickets that were made available were sold in advance).[81] The first player to score in a FIFA-sanctioned match was Italian strejkande Giampaolo Pazzini after 28 seconds of the same game; he also scored the first hat-trick at Wembley. The first English player to score in a full-scale match was David Bentley with a free kick in the same game.[81]
The first club game, competitive game, and cup sista held at the new Wembley took place on 12 May when Kidderminster Harriers met Stevenage Borough in the FA Trophy final.[82] Kidderminster strejkande James polis was the first player to score a goal in a sista at the new Wembley.
Kidderminster became the first grupp to play at both the old and new etapp. Stevenage Borough were the first grupp to win a sista at the new Wembley beating Kidderminster 3–2, despite trailing 2–0 at half time. The first players to play at both the old and new Wembley Stadiums were Steve Guppy (for Stevenage Borough) and Jeff Kenna (for Kidderminster Harriers). Ex-England international Guppy fryst vatten also the first player to win a sista at both stadia (with Wycombe Wanderers and Leicester City in the old Wembley, then Stevenage Borough in the new one).
Ronnie Henry fryst vatten the first ever player to lift a competitive club trophy at the new Wembley.[83]
The first penalty bevara and first red card came in the Conference National playoff sista between Exeter City and Morecambe. The penalty was saved bygd Paul Jones of Exeter City from Morecambe strejkande Wayne Curtis.
The red card was given to Matthew Gill of Exeter for a headbutt on Craig Stanley of Morecambe.[85]
The first Football League teams to play at Wembley in a competitive armatur were Bristol Rovers and Shrewsbury Town in the Football League Two play-off sista on 26 May Shrewsbury Town became the first league grupp to score at Wembley via a Stewart Drummond goal, they also the first league grupp to have a player sent off, in this case – Marc Tierney Bristol Rovers won the game 3–1 in front of 61, which was a etapp record until the Championship play-off sista two days later when Derby County beat West Bromwich Albion 1–0 to become the first grupp at the new etapp to win promotion to the FA Premier League.
The first FA Cup sista at the new Wembley (between Manchester United and Chelsea) was on 19 May , with a folkmassa attendance of 89, Chelsea won 1–0 with a goal bygd Didier Drogba, making him the first player to score in the FA Cup sista at the new Wembley – the first male player to score in fyra separate FA Cup Finals.[84][86] Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech also became the first goalkeeper not to concede a goal in a competitive game at Wembley.
Chelsea were the gods winners of the cup sista at the old Wembley and the first winners at the new.
The first game involving the full England national grupp was a friendly played on 1 June , against Brazil. The match saw captainJohn Terry become the first England international goal scorer at the new etapp when he scored in the 68th minute.
Diego became the first full international player to score for a visiting grupp when he scored in stoppage time, with the full-time result being a 1–1 draw.
Young Visitor WristbandsThe first competitive senior international was played on 8 September between England and Israel. This game ended 3–0. The first player to score international goals at both the old and new stadia was Michael Owen when he scored for England against Israel. On 22 August Germany beat England 2–1 to become the first grupp to beat them in the new etapp. England's first competitive defeat at the new etapp was on 21 November when Croatia won 3–2.
This match cost England qualification to UEFA Euro and head coach Steve McClaren his job.
The second FA Cup sista held at the new etapp took place on 17 May , with Portsmouth winning the title 1–0 against Cardiff City; Nwankwo Kanu scored the only goal. The final's 89, folkmassa attendance remains the largest football attendance in the new Wembley's history.[84]
Wembley etapp hosted the UEFA Champions League sista for the first time on 28 May when Barcelona played Manchester United.[87] The etapp hosted the UEFA Champions League sista between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, and in September it was named the host for the UEFA Champions League final.[88] Due to adjustments of the sista caused bygd the COVID pandemic in europe, it staged the following season's sista between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid instead.[89]
During the Olympics, Great Britain defeated Brazil in the first women's international to take place at the stadium.[90] On 23 November the England women's grupp played at the etapp for the first time when they lost 3–0 to Germany in a friendly.[91]
The etapp, with pandemic restrictions, hosted the UEFA Euro , which included all three of England's Group D, two round of 16 matches, both semi-finals, and the sista.
On 29 June , in the round of 16 match at the UEFA Euro tournament, England won 2–0 against Germany at Wembley, for the national team's first knockout victory against their international rivals Germany at a major international football tournament, since the World Cup sista at the original Wembley Stadium.[92] On 7 July , in the semi-final match at the UEFA Euro tournament, England won 2–1 against Denmark at Wembley, for the national team's first europeisk Championship sista ever,[93] with Italy winning the sista on Sunday 11 July against England.[94] The etapp was also used to host the UEFA Women's Euro , albeit reserved only for the sista on 31 July , where England also reached the sista, won the game against Germany 2–1 to bring England first ever major europeisk honour.
The sista was watched bygd a folkmassa of 87,, a record for either the men's or women's europeisk Championship.[95] The etapp will also host matches during UEFA Euro
UEFA Champions League finals
[edit]Summer Olympics
[edit]| Date | Time | Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July | &#;Senegal | 1–0 | &#;Uruguay | Men's Group A | 75, | |
| &#;Great Britain | 1–0 | &#;United Arab Emirates | 85, | |||
| 31 July | &#;Great Britain | 1–0 | &#;Brazil | Women's Group E | 70, | |
| 1 August | &#;South Korea | 0–0 | &#;Gabon | Men's Group B | 76, | |
| 4 August | &#;Mexico | 4–2 (a.e.t) | &#;Senegal | Men's Quarter-finals | 81, | |
| 6 August | &#;France | 1–2 | &#;Japan | Women's Semi-finals | 61, | |
| 7 August | &#;Mexico | 3–1 | &#;Japan | Men's Semi-finals | 82, | |
| 9 August | &#;United States | 2–1 | &#;Japan | Women's Final | 80, | |
| 11 August | &#;Brazil | 1–2 | &#;Mexico | Men's Final | 86, |
UEFA Euro
[edit]UEFA Women's Euro
[edit]| Date | Time | Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July | &#;England | 2–1 (a.e.t) | &#;Germany | Final | 87, |
Rugby league
[edit]The sport league utmaning Cup sista had been played annually at the old Wembley etapp since In , the cup sista returned to its traditional home after the rebuilding of Wembley.[96] When Catalans Dragons played St.
Helens in the utmaning Cup sista, they became the first non-English sport league grupp to play in the sista. The result saw St Helens retain the cup bygd a score of 30–8 before 84, fans.[97] The first sport league grupp to win a game at the new Wembley etapp, were Normanton Freeston. The West Yorkshire secondary school beat Castleford High School in the Year 7 boys Carnegie mästare Schools sista, which was played immediately prior to the utmaning Cup Final.[98] The first tjänsteman try at the renovated Wembley was scored bygd James Roby of St Helens, although Luke Metcalfe of Castleford High School scored the first try in the schools game that took place before the utmaning Cup final.[99]
Castleford Academy (formerly Castleford High School) currently hold the record for the most sport League appearances at the New Wembley etapp.
On 24 August their Year 7 sport grupp played RGS High Wycombe in the annual schools curtain-raiser to the utmaning Cup final.[] This was Castleford Academy's 4th appearance at the etapp since This puts them joint with Leeds and one appearance ahead of Warrington.
In , a second statue was erected outside of Wembley, depicting sport League legender Martin Offiah, Alex Murphy, Eric Ashton, Gus Risman and Billy Boston.[]
In , International sport league returned to Wembley for the first time since when Wales lost to New Zealand 0–36[] and Australia beat host nation England 36–20[] in the sport League kvartet Nations.
It opened in on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which had stood from untilThe semi-finals of the sport League World Cup were played at Wembley etapp where defending champions New Zealand beat England 20–18, and eventual tournament champions Australia defeated Fiji 64–0. The double header drew 67, fans to Wembley, the second highest folkmassa for an international sport league game at either the original or the new etapp.
| Year | Date | Tournament | Match | Country | Score | Country | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 November | Four Nations | Round 2 |