New Wembley Will Host FA Cup Final

Well slap my thigh and call me Betty!! Because, can you believe it? But Wembley has been granted its Safety Certificate by the local Borough Council following to two recent “ramp-up” events and the FA have finally confirmed that Wembley Stadium is ready.

So the FA Cup final will be hosted at the home of English football for the first time since 2000. The six finals since have all been played at Cardiff’s excellent Millennium Stadium and I for one am very keen to compare the two stadia. The Millennium is excellent, as everyone who has been will tell you, but it cost a fraction of Wembley’s final and massive bill. However, I’m not expecting to see a £600m difference between the two!

Anyway, FA chief executive Brian Barwick is quoted as saying on the Football Association’s website: “I’m happy to confirm that the 2007 FA Cup final will be played at Wembley Stadium.

“It’s the announcement that a lot of people have been waiting for and is great news for football fans in this country and indeed the world over.

“The cup final and Wembley Stadium go hand in hand and everybody at the FA is looking forward to a great day.”

Wembley can now host events with up to 90,000 spectators. Who are those 90,000 (and the rest of the world for that matter) see lift the famous old trophy for the first time at the new Wembley? Fortunately, we don’t have too long now to wait and find out.

The Soccer Blogger