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).