Anybody who didn't enjoy that needs their bumps feeling. Amazing scenes from the neutrals, including stewards jumping up when Japan scored and a beaming copper (in ordinary uniform) beaming away. Wish I had out a few quid on it.
If it cost £757 million to build and was part funded by Sport England, WNSL (Wembley National Stadium Limited), the Department for Culture Media and Sport, the London Development Agency and the FA, how do you work out that the FA spent £800 million alone?
WSNL is a wholly owned subsidiary of the FA. The stadium cost over £750 million. Look up the loans the FA took out to pay for it. Then see how much came from non FA sources other than for the infrastructure which had to be brought up to scratch for transport as part of Blair's wish for it to be used as centrepieces for ?World Cup and Olympic bids. Gollum, after the Rovers Wembley match said "so we say farewell from The National Stadium, the home of rugby league. And football as well of course". How much did the RL contribute to their home? The stadium itself was virtually all paid for by the FA. And so it should seeing as they are the owners. Personally I think a government funded national stadium should have been built in a more centrally accessible place and if the FA wanted to hire it for internationals it would have been up to them(though in reality a national stadium would only be sustainable if used for football internationals and finals, or various grounds should have been used like in Spain and other countries who manage without a national stadium and use club grounds. Of course anything outside London is a no go as Olympic officials and the top brass of FIFA and UEFA and their wives wouldn't vote to spend a month in the vicinity of Birmingham.
Talk Sport !!! Christ thats almost fraudulent claim Its basically Talk (half a dozen prem clubs) Sport Used to listen to it a lot but only put it on ocassionally and here Chelsea,Man U blah blahty
Well what an entertaining World Cup so far. Japan were outstanding, I would not fancy been Samoa, South Africa next opponents, think they could end up been on the end of right spanking! Castro mentioned about the pubs in Devon and the way Exeter have put a big screen up showing games, I was based down in the South West for 25 years in Cornwall and Somerset, certainly the Cornish love their rugby, I can only imagine what the boozers down there are up to. Awesome atmosphere I'm sure.
Japan were brilliant, problem is my wife and kids are South African supporters, so a bit bleak at home tonight. The fact I was sat in my England shirt did not help
I am on about the appalling thing on Radio Humberside. Don't listen yo it much but caught some when in my car.
Another thoroughly entertaining game. Over 29,000 at Brighton to see Samoa and USA. Sell out crowd later for the Wales v Uruguay game and an expected World Cup highest attendance of over 90,000 to see the Kiwis take on the Pumas.
