Thursday 5 November 2009

Wembley Stadium Elmor rock out in the shadow


Promising young bands one of Guildfoed's took to the stage in front of more than 20,000 people in the shadow of the Wembley Stadium arch last week.
Elmor were hand picked to entertain the masses prior to the New England Patriots versus Tampa Bay Buccaneers American football match.
The band played a 40 minute set at NFLUK’s official party, which was held next to the famous stadium.
Lead guitarist Tristan Patrick Sherfield said: “It was absolutely amazing. We’re used to playing in front of 250 people so playing in front of 20,000 was a shock to the system.
“It didn’t phase us though, we lapped it up.
"We came on after the Buccaneers cheerleaders. We were backstage with them, I should’ve at least got my photo taken with them.”

Sunday 1 November 2009

U.K.’s Wembley Stadium: May Default on Loan, Sunday Times Says,


Wembley National Stadium the Football Association's unit may default on loan agreements if it fails to sell enough season tickets, the Sunday Times reported.
The unit made a pretax loss of 31 million pounds ($51 million) in 2008, the newspaper said, citing comments from the company.

Tuesday 27 October 2009

“Old Blighty”, NFL plays


The game might not have been the most exciting, but it did help the NFL move the ball a bit further down the field towards its goal of at least MORE games abroad…and maybe even an international team.
The New England Patriots beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7 Sunday at the third regular season NFL game to be played overseas.
The game was played before a sell out crowd of 84,254 at London’s Wembley Stadium which usually plays home to the soccer (or “football”) crowd. And if you think it was just an ex-pat crowd you’d be wrong.
“The vast majority of the crowd were British fans of the sport,” NFL UK publicist David Tossell told me. And the majority of them came from outside London, some even from continental Europe.
For their trouble, aside from the somewhat one-sided game, the fans got singers Toni Braxton and Katherine Jenkins in a battle of the national anthems, flags and graphics which gave the game the feel of a “home” Tampa Bay game, and the very well- received Tampa Bay Buccaneer cheer leaders.
So could there be more NFL games abroad next year? “It will take a little more groundwork to develop the fan base here,” NFL official Tossell told me. The teams don’t love the travel, and the owners miss the home game revenues.
But all spoke highly of the reception and the facilities. “It was like a Super Bowl,” New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady is quoted as saying.
When the Giants played here in 2007 they went on to win the big game. It might work again for the Pats!

Friday 23 October 2009

when Patriots play Buccaneers at Wemble, Brady, Belichick not expecting another blowout


Tom Brady and Bill Belichick aren't expecting another blowout when their New England Patriots face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.
The Patriots (4-2) crushed the Tennessee Titans 59-0 in the snow last Sunday, and they'll play a team this weekend that is 0-6.
"Last week was one of those games where a lot of things went right for us," Belichick said at The Oval cricket stadium, where the Patriots practiced Friday. "(It's) very unusual to have a game like that. I'll be lucky if I'll see another one of those in my entire career.
"We don't actually care about last week anymore. We're on to trying to defend and move the ball against Tampa and handle their kicking game."
Brady missed all but one quarter of the opener last season with a knee injury, but he is back this season and threw six touchdown passes last Sunday against the Titans.
"I like where our team's at. Keep practicing hard and keep making improvements," Brady said. "Whatever we did last week, you take the good from it, you understand the things you did well."
The NFL is playing a regular season game in the British capital for the third straight year, and commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday he expects the league to start playing multiple regular-season games in Britain in the next few years.
The Patriots arrived in London early Friday morning, giving them only one full day in London on Saturday before the game at Wembley, the home of England's national football team and host stadium for the 1948 Olympics.
"It's one of the best-known stadiums in Europe," said Patriots linebacker Sebastian Vollmer, who is from Germany and noted that England won the 1966 World Cup final at the iconic venue. "Germany lost, but I think it's going to be good. Really good."
Last year, the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers spent almost a week in London getting acclimated to the time change, but the Patriots and Buccaneers arrived late — much like the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins did two years ago.
"What we tried to do was to get all our work done in New England, all our preparation," Belichick said of the late arrival. "We tried to cram three days ... into 2 1/2 (before arriving)."
Now that they're in Britain, the team's schedule will be easy until game time, with only a light practice at The Oval on Friday afternoon and a walkthrough at Wembley on Saturday. That will give the players some free time, if they want it.
Patriots linebacker Junior Seau said he wanted to go see "something that's within a mile. Then I'm going to go back and take a nap."
Seau said it was his first time in London, and he wasn't at all upset that the fans back in the United States wouldn't get to see the Patriots and Buccaneers play there. Tampa Bay gave up a home game to play at Wembley.
"They've seen enough of us live," Seau said. "It's time for us to come to London."
Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who called himself an Anglophile and said he is a regular at Wimbledon, was also glad with the decision to send his team to London for a game.
"When you get to Wimbledon and the have an chance to own a team that's going to play at Wembley, that's pretty cool," Kraft said. "I'm looking forward to that."
American football is not nearly as popular in London as the English version, but Wembley has still been packing in the NFL fans over the last few years. Many will be there this year to see Brady, one of the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. But despite being relatively anonymous in London, he still doesn't go unnoticed.
"Americans, they recognize me," Brady said with a smile.

Thursday 3 September 2009

Oxhey Jets, Wembley Stadium during England's World Cup match against Croatia


Eagle-eyed football fans will spot an advertisement for a South Oxhey club during an England international next week.
The name of Oxhey Jets FC will be beamed to millions of viewers across the country, and more across the world, after being chosen to stand for the Football Association's grass roots campaign.
The club, which plays home matches at Boundary Stadium, in Altham Way off Little Oxhey Lane, has been named an FA Charter measure club, while John Elliott was named Administrator of the Year for Award Charter clubs at a current Hertfordshire FA dinner.
Oxhey Jets will be advertised on the perimeter boards at Wembley Stadium, during England's World Cup 2010 qualifying match with Croatia on Wednesday, September 9.

Tuesday 25 August 2009

Win a chance to training camp meet England players


National Express, official supporter of the England football team, has teamed up with Telegraph Sport to give one lecturer and a guest the chance to meet some of England’s star players.

England and Croatia meet again at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday Sept 9 with Fabio Capello’s team on the assumption of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals.
England remain unbeaten in their qualification for South Africa and will be hoping to replicatec their memorable 4-1 victory over Croatia in Sept.

National Express, official supporter of the England football team, has teamed up with Telegraph Sport to give one reader and a guest the chance to meet some of England’s star players. This alone behind the scenes opportunity will see the competition winner at advert England’s training camp ahead of their friendly match against Slovenia and champ World Cup modifier against Croatia in Sept.
To be in with the chance of winning a group of tickets, affabilityof National Express, approved supporter of the England football team, simply send your name, address and daytime/evening contact telephone numbers to sportfeedback@telegraph.co.uk (subject line 'England training camp').
Competition closes Friday August 28 2009 at 12.00pm. Competition newcomer must be able to organise their own transport to and from the training camp.
As official travel supplier to Wembley Stadium, National Express offer direct services to every England home game from 57 destinations nationwide.

Monday 17 August 2009

U2 is playing on Friday 14th August

U2 have confirmed that they will be playing Wembley Stadium on Friday 14 August and Saturday 15 August 2009 as part of their 360° world tour .

The tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 30th June. The U2 360° tour is sponsored by BlackBerry® and it is the band’s first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour 05/06 and follows the release of their acclaimed album, No Line On The Horizon. Their 12th studio album, No Line On The Horizon is already number 1 in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Japan and the Czech Republic with further chart positions to be announced this week.

Produced by Live Nation Global Touring, U2 360° will visit 14 cities across Europe including dates in Milan, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Nice, Dublin, Chorzow, Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 22 August. The European tour will be followed by dates in North America beginning at Chicago’s Soldier Field on 12 September, 2009.

Long-time U2 Show Director Willie Williams has worked again with architect Mark Fisher (ZooTV, PopMart, Elevation and Vertigo), to create an innovative 360˚ design which affords an unobstructed view for the audience. U2 360° also marks the first time a band has toured in stadiums with such a unique and original structure (which can be viewed at U2.com).

Sunday 26 July 2009

Handover Ceremony

embers of the cast for the Handover Ceremony in Beijing visited Wembley Stadium today to get a feel for performing in a large iconic stadium.
The cast will perform in the eight-minute segment during the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Games, when the Olympic Flag is handed over from Beijing to London. Dancers from the Royal Opera House, CanDoCo and Zoo Nation are among those taking part.

Handover Ceremony Director Stephen Powell said: ‘This visit to Wembley Stadium was a vital part of our rehearsal process. The object was to give the cast a sense of scale and occasion and of what it might be like walking onto the field of play in a beautiful and iconic stadium. ‘It also reminds us that we are part of major sporting as well as a major cultural event. It has certainly done that and I can’t think of a more fitting start our Olympic Handover rehearsals.’

The Handover will start with a performance of the national anthem by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, it was also announced today. A special soundtrack of the anthem has been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Handover Ceremonies’ Musical Director Philip Sheppard. Paul Roseby, the National Youth Theatre’s Artistic Director, said: ‘For the National Youth Theatre to be part of the historic Handover Ceremony in Beijing sends a positive message to all young people across the globe. We will not only be representing the best of Britain’s youth, but our group of culturally diverse, talented young people will take this life changing experience to inspire thousands more to celebrate youth, innovation and friendship at the London Games in 2012. We applaud it!’

Wednesday 15 July 2009

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Friday 10 April 2009

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