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An archive of Wembley Stadium and Arena memorabilia 1921 to date. Anything of interest, let us know. Insta: wembleyarchive1923, Curator: Graham Cooksley
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From the
#wembleyarchive
: To mark the commencement of
#wembley100
the oldest of our
#wembleystadium
items. From the
@thetimes
#newspapers
July 1921, an artist's impression of the
#stadium
and the
#PrinceofWales
#Britishempire
exhibition
#fundraiser
speech
#FA
#EFL
#WorldCup66
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Everton legend Dixie Dean pitch side
@wembleystadium
for the 1966
#FACup
Final between
#Everton
and
#Sheffield
Wednesday
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#OTD
#Onthisday
#1923
: 5.45PM The King presents the
#FACup
to
#bwfc
Bolton Wanderers' Joe Smith, the first captain to climb the
@wembleystadium
Royal box steps to receive the trophy followed by his team mates after their 2-0 victory over West Ham United
#whufc
.
#wembley100
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#1923
Throwback:
#Underground
companies are preparing elaborate plans for the handling of the crowds, including non stop trains every 10minutes between 11am and 1.30pm from
#Euston
to
@wembleystadium
as new roads might not be ready.
#wembley100
#FACup
#PremierLeague
#EuropaLeague
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#OTD
#OnThisDay
#FACup
#1923
#bwfc
#whufc
. 1.45pm
@wembleystadium
is now FULL, the surrounding turnstiles have been ordered to close, there will be no more admittance to the
#stadium
except for those already on the inside of the stiles.
#PremierLeague
#EFL
#Wembley100
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#FACup
#1923
#OTD
#OnThisDay
: 3.43pm The pitch is clear, the
#1923
#FACup
Final between Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
and West Ham United
#whufc
at the new
@wembleystadium
has just kicked off.
#wembley100
#PremierLeague
#EFL
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Welcome and thank you to new and old followers of our channel as we recently passed 2K. Two years ago when we started we would never have thought so many would be interested in the history and events held
@wembleystadium
& the
@OVOArena
Wembley and we have learnt so much as well.
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On this day
#OTD
1986
@wembleystadium
, from our archive.
@OUFCOfficial
#OUFC
Oxford United beat Queens Park Rangers
@QPR
#QPRFC
3-0 in the
#EFL
Milk Cup Final, now the
#caraboacupfinal
. Oxford would be denied the resulting UEFA Cup place due to the ongoing English club ban.
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#OTD
#OnThisDay
18.00pm
#FACup
Final Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
2 v 0
#whufc
West Ham United. We can't thank first
@wembleystadium
goalscorer
@DBNJack
enough for allowing us to exclusively publish photographs of his
#1923
winners medal. Stunning.
#wembley100
#EFL
#PremierLeague
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#OTD
#OnThisDay
#1923
Congratulations to Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
and West Ham United
#WHUFC
on winning their
#FACup
Semi finals against Sheffield United
#sufc
and Derby County
#dcfc
, our first
#FACup
Finalists at the soon to open Empire Stadium
#Wembley100
. See you both 28/04/23
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From the
#wembleyarchive
: Iconic image of the Graf Zeppelin over
#wembleystadium
during the 1930
#FACup
#Final
Arsenal
#afc
v Huddersfield Town
#HTFC
. Can't recall which book this was cut from as a kid but its stayed in the Cup Final archive ever since.
#Wembley100
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#OnThisDay
#OTD
#FACup
#1923
: 11.30am Turnstiles at
@wembleystadium
are now open for this afternoons Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
and West Ham United
#whufc
. Entry is by pre-bought ticket for undercover reserved seating or cash for standing. Kick off 3pm
#wembley100
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#OTD
#Onthisday
: 3.30pm An ariel view of the progress being made by the Mounted police officers, we hope the
#1923
#FACup
Final will kick off shortly
@wembleystadium
.
#bwfc
#whufc
#wembley100
#premierleague
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#FACup
#1923
#OTD
#OnThisDay
: 3.46pm,GOAL!!, David Jack becomes the first goal scorer
@wembleystadium
. Under pressure,
#whufc
Young attempts to clear but falls and the loose ball is intercepted by
#bwfc
's Seddon who finds Jack,and after a few yards he lets lose, 1-0
#wembley100
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#OnThisDay
#OTD
. Good Morning
#1923
its
#FACup
Final Day at the new
@WembleyStadium
. Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
v West Ham United
#WHUFC
kicks off at 3pm, turnstiles open 11.30am and the King will be in attendance 2.45pm. If you cant attend retweet / follow for coverage
#wembley100
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On this day
#OTD
1987
@wembleystadium
. We were there:
#U2
play the second of two consecutive
#JoshuaTree
shows as part of their 1987 World Tour. Also the bill are the much missed Lou Reed and Shane MacGowan with The Pogues also opening act Lone Justice with Maria McKee. £17.50
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#OTD
#OnThisDay
#1923
: 3.15pm The current scene
@wembleystadium
as Mounted Police officers and their horses continue to ease the crowd back from the pitch in an effort to play the
#bwfc
Bolton Wanderers
#whufc
West Ham United
#FACup
Final.
#wembley100
#EFL
#PremierLeague
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@MemorabiliaMal
Wembley's new roof, part of the Wolrd Cup preparations, starts to go up and was all completed within twelve months
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On this day
#OTD
1970
@wembleystadium
: The Wembley Lions
#Speedway
team return to the Stadium and British League after thirteen years under auspices of promotor and ex-Wembley rider Trevor Redmond and Bernard Cottrell. Riding in front of 20K the reboot would only last two years.
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@robertmdaws
Note how originally there were no external staircase towers on the end terraces, they were added after the events of the first
#FACup
. Also the familiar players tunnel to the left of the royal box had not been cut out of the terracing in 1923
#wembley100
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Wishing you all a happy 2023 as we reach the
#centenary
of the opening of
#wembleystadium
#wembley100
#wembleypark
#ENGLAND
#FA
#EFL
#Lionesses
#Olympics
#LiveAid
#WorldCupFinal
#Worldcup1966
#WHUFC
#bwfc
#wembleyarchive
#FACup
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#OTD
#OnThisDay
#1923
. 2.45pm The King has arrived at
@wembleystadium
ahead of the Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
West Ham United
#whufc
#FACup
Final. This is the current scene as we head towards singing the National Anthem but 3pm kick off looks remote
#Wembley100
#EFL
#PremierLeague
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From the
#wembleyarchive
: Collected
#newspaper
articles 1999-2002 featuring various designs and impressions of the new
#wembleystadium
. By July 99 the mast design was 'in' but took up too much floor space inside the stadium and resolved with an external arch
#wembley100
#PL
#EFL
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Fascinating to hear that there is someone still alive who remembers the original
@wembleystadium
being built, would love to hear a longer interview if available
Majorie Hodnett is 110 years old on Easter Monday, she was a resident of Wembley and remembers the building of the stadium
@WembleyArchive
she’s interviewed by
@RogerJ_01
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#OTD
#Onthisday
13th July 1985 the iconic
#LiveAid
concert
@wembleystadium
, 38years!! My 16year old self would spend the day watching TV and recording BBC Radio 1 but only one tape of
#U2
#Bowie
remains. Always wondered why a pre1963 Wembley features on the programme
#wembley100
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#1923
Throwback. Coming to
#wembleystadium
on 28/04/1923 for the Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
v West Ham United
#whufc
#FACup
Final? Don't forget your W.H.Smith produced 28page Programme & Souvenir priced threepence.
@wembleystadium
is a cash only venue
#wembley100
#PremierLeague
#EFL
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On this day
#OTD
1995
@wembleystadium
#NottsCounty
#NCFC
managed by Howard Kendall beat
#italian
side
#Ascoli
2-1 in the Anglo-Italian Cup Final.
#German
forward Oliver Bierhoff, on the losing side, would return in just over a year to score twice in
#Germany
's Euro 96 Final win.
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From our archive:
#Speedway
@wembleystadium
End of an Era dinner, 16/09/00. Menu, Ticket, Invite Letter and A4 Poster. 'Wembley and Speedway go together, like a husband and wife, and it is sad that in recent years (last held 1981) the two have divorced, but tonight a reunion'
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Twitter recently told us that our
#Wembleyarchive
is one year old. Thanks for your support, follows and messages during our 1st year. We continue 2023 and
#wembley100
with the 1948
#Olympics
75th and the
#Britishempireexhibition
turns
#BEE100
in 2024
#FACup
#UEFAChampionsLeague
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From our archive: Nice early 1950s BBC Radio Times advert featuring a rare colour, pre-floodlights (1955), pre enclosed roof (1963) end terrace view of
@wembleystadium
.
#CarabaoCupFinal
#LiverpoolFC
#Chelsea
#LIVCHE
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On this day
#OTD
1986
@wembleystadium
. Chelsea
#CFC
beat
#MCFC
Manchester City in a 5-4 classic in the Full Members Cup Final. Unbelievably both teams played the day before, City 2-2 with Manchester United and Chelsea away at Southampton. Pay on the day entry attracts 67k
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From our
#wembleyarchive
:
#Onthisday
#OTD
#U2
@wembleystadium
in 1987, an early start from Plymouth with the Concert Travel Club for
#JoshuaTree
era U2, our first gig followed by
#Bowie
in
#Cardiff
the next week. Still unhappy with the turnstile operator for the poor tear though
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On this day
#OTD
1977
@wembleystadium
#England
under Don Revie lose this friendly with the
#Netherlands
, 1974 and 1978
#FIFAWorldCup
finalists captained by
@JohanCruyff
. Jan Peters scores twice in front of 90k and Birmingham City's Trevor Francis makes his
#Threelions
debut
#EFL
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On this day
#OTD
1961
@wembleystadium
from our archive: International
#Ski
Jumping comes to Wembley over two consecutive days. The Ski Jump itself takes three days to errect. Snow is made from crushing blocks of ice and soft landing mats greet the forty Ski Jumpers taking part
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#1923
Throwback: Entry prices for
#bwfc
v
#whufc
#FACup
Final on 28/04/1923 at
@wembleystadium
are reserved grand stand seats 5s to 21s, front ring seats 5s, standing side enclosures 3s and terraces 2s. (Belton) Retweet / follow for updates
#wembley100
#EFL
#Premierleague
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From the
#wembleyarchive
: The expansion of the
#Wembleystadium
complex in the mid
#70s
saw the opening of the
#Wembley
Conference Centre in 1977. Featuring an auditorium with a capacity of 2500 the Centre was demolished in 2006 but directional signage is still evident
#wembley100
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Welcome to new and recent followers and thank you to those still with us. We never thought over 1500 of you would have been interested in the history of
@wembleystadium
and
@OVOArena
Wembley when we started 18months ago and we have learnt so much along the way.
#Wembley100
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#OTD
on 01/07/2018.
#Queen
+
#AdamLambert
played at the Wembley Arena in London, UK, during the
#QueenAdamLambertTour
.
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From our
#wembleyarchive
: Press cutting advertising
#Prince
playing three nights
@OVOArena
in 1990 and you could have been there for £18.50, how much would this cost today?
#Prince
is one of those artists (and L. Cohen) we wish we had seen live, who did you miss out on?
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#OTD
#OnThisDay
#FACup
#1923
#bwfc
v
#WHUFC
. 14.30, 30mins to kick off, this is the current scene at
@wembleystadium
with supporters on the pitch and stand roofs to escape crowd pressure. Mounted back up from
#Scotland
Yard is on route.
#wembley100
#EFL
#PremierLeague
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On this day
#OTD
1950
@wembleystadium
. Willington and Bishop Auckland complete in the
#FA
Amateur Cup Final. In a re-run of the 1939 final played at
#Sunderland
's Roker Park, Willington ran out winners 4-0 in front of 90k.
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On this day
#OTD
1945
@wembleystadium
, from our archive:
#ChelseaFC
#CFC
beat
#MillwallFC
#MFC
2-0 in the Football League War Cup Southern Final in front of 90k. This unofficial wartime cup competition saw Chelsea then face Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
in a
#North
v
#South
playoff
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#OTD
#OnThisDay
#FACup
#bwfc
v
#WHUFC
. One hour until the new
@wembleystadium
turnstiles open, who's excited? Can't attend, follow / retweet for our full coverage.
#wembley100
#EFL
#PremierLeague
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Somebody just sent me this, an amazing piece of history posted by Paul Kaufman over on the dark side
#Wow
🤯👌
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#OTD
#OnThisDay
#FACup
#bwfc
v
#WHUFC
. One hour until the new
@wembleystadium
turnstiles open, who's excited? Can't attend, follow / retweet for our full coverage.
#wembley100
#EFL
#PremierLeague
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@80s90sfootball
Everton had a great team in the mid - late 80s, they would have surely challenged for the European Cup if allowed
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From the
#wembleyarchive
: Unknown photographer
#wembleystadium
mid 2000s. The Conference Centre and last
#Britishempireexhibition
buildings await demolition and a temporary
@OVOArena
Pavilion faces an
#arena
being refitted. Only York House & Arena remain.
#wembley100
#FACup
#EFL
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On this day
#OTD
1952
@wembleystadium
. England v Belgium. Two goals from Billy Elliot and Nat Lofthouse and one from Redfern Froggatt give the hosts a 5-0 win in front of 68k skipping work and school for a 2pm Wednesday afternoon kick off.
#ENG
#ThreeLions
#PremierLeague
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From our
#wembleyarchive
:
#Speedway
debuts
@wembleystadium
in 1929 and the first line up of the Wembley Lions racing team and maybe the original
#Lionesses
who rode 'occasionally'. The creation of a supporters club locking in fans is credited with saving Speedway at Wembley
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#OnThisDay
#OTD
#1923
: 3.10pm Bolton Wanderers
#bwfc
and West Ham United
#whufc
have finally made their way to the
@wembleystadium
pitch in readiness to kick off the
#FACup
Final while mounted police attempt to inch the crowd off the pitch
#wembley100
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Thank you and welcome to everyone who has followed us recently, we never thought we would hit 1000 followers when we started, it is much appreciated and we have learnt so much through your interaction. Coming soon
#wembley100
#wembleystadium
#FACup
#EFL
#PremierLeague
#FA
#1923
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From our
#wembleyarchive
: 1948
#London
#Olympics
official souvenir. 5 shillings for a large format 178 page magazine with excellent articles on Olympic sports, venues past and present and the previous 1908 London games, all topped off with a stunning cover.
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On this day
#OTD
1924
@wembleystadium
.
#England
and
#Scotland
meet at Wembley for the first time drawing 1-1 in front of only 37k. Charles Buchan wins his sixth and last
#threelions
cap, only Billy Walker of
#AVFCOfficial
would make double figure
#ENG
appearances
#PremierLeague
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From our
#wembleyarchive
: The demolition of
@wembleystadium
commences. An unknown photographer records the demolition process on a weekly basis from the nearby multi-storey car park
#EFL
#PremierLeague
#ENG
#ThreeLions
#WembleyPark
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On this day
#OTD
1993
@wembleystadium
connected by
@EE
.
#U2
bring their ZooTv tour to
#London
for four concerts intersped with dates in Leeds Glasgow and Cardiff (we were there). Featuring multiple screens projecting satelite links and video, Salman Rushtie is a surprise guest.
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From our
#wembleyarchive
: Vivid
@wembleystadium
advertising 1930's style. Looks like the
#Greyhounds
got the bulk of the design budget over the
#speedway
though.
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On this day
#OTD
1988
@wembleystadium
, not only from our archive but also our only
#FACup
Final attendance to date.
#Wimbledon
beat
#LiverpoolFC
#LFC
1-0 to win the Cup. Dave Beasant saves the first Cup final penalty and Lawrie Sanchez scores the winner
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Very fitting that these should be back with the team at Charlton Athletic Museum, will endeavour to visit at some point
Normally you'd expect the two FA Cup final programmes to be the pick of any donation but not this gift from the late Dick Giddens
We were also given the two very hard to find
#cafc
war cup finals from 1943 and 1945, both in very good condition
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#OTD
#Onthisday
. The fall out from the
#bwfc
Bolton Wanderers v
#whufc
West Ham United 1923
#FACup
Final
@wembleystadium
comences with the
@FA
blaming the
#britishempireexhibition
authorities for the chaos while offering unhappy seat holders refunds.
#wembley100
(N.Shiel 2000)
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On this day
#OTD
1928
@wembleystadium
#Scotland
defeat
#England
5-1 and go down in
#History
as the
#WembleyWizards
. Alex Jackson, of
#HTFC
, scores the first Wembley hat-trick and
#pnefc
's Alex James scores two. 80k watch despite a full league programme and
#London
teams at home
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From the
#wembleyarchive
: 1942
#Baseball
at
#wembleystadium
. Locally stationed
#USA
and
#Canada
servicemen take over the
#stadium
.
#wartime
four page programme of team line ups,
#rules
and adverts including a previously unknown,to our records, Pageant of Youth event.
#Wembley100
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On this day
#OTD
1969
@wembleystadium
. Third tier Swindon Town
#stfc
cause a major upset beating First division
#Arsenal
#afc
in the Football League Cup Final now
#caraboacupfinal
. Don Rogers scores twice in extra time on a infamous pitch made worse by horses during summer 68
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On this day
#OTD
1973
@wembleystadium
.
#England
draw 1-1 with
#WALES
and drop points in this 1974
#FIFAWorldCup
Qualifier in front of 62K, with goals from Norman Hunter and John Toshack. Defeat and another 1 - 1 home draw v
#Poland
would prove decisive for the
#Threelions
#EFL
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From our
#wembleyarchive
:
#OnThisDay
#OTD
#Blackpool
#BFC
v
#Torquay
United
#TUFC
. Another trip to
@wembleystadium
watching Torquay and the first
#EFLPlayOffs
Final to need penalties to decide it. Horrible 90s Wembley computer print out ticket, how long did these last?
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Iconic picture
#wembley100
The Graf Zeppelin hovers over a dumbstruck Wembley during the 1930 FA Cup Final (1930)
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From our
#wembleyarchive
: Four wonderful post war
#facupfinal
programmes for 1946 Derby County
#dcfc
v Charlton Athletic
#cafc
, 1947 Charlton Athletic v Burnley
#bfc
, 1948 Manchester United
#mufc
v Blackpool and 1949 Wolverhampton Wanderers
#wwfc
v Leicester City
#LCFC
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#DavidCrosby
along with
#NeilYoung
#stephenstills
and
#grahamnash
become the first 'single artist' headliners of a
#music
#concert
at
#wembleystadium
in 1974.
#wembley100
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@robertmdaws
Thanks to
@ianvisits
for finding this is great footage of the
#bwfc
#WHUFC
1923
#FACup
#final
#wembley100
#wembleystadium
#FA
#EFL
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On this day
#OTD
@wembleystadium
:
#England
v
#France
. A 4-0 win for the
#ThreeLions
with two goals each from Tommy Taylor and debutant and future
#ENG
manager Bobby Robson. Sadly the last caps for
#ManchesterUnited
's Duncan Edwards, Tommy Taylor and Roger Byrne
#PremierLeague
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A stunning item
#wembley100
#otd
10 September 1936 – First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium.
#britishhistory
#wembleystadium
#onthisdayinhistory
#speedway
@wembleystadium
@WembleyArchive
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On this day 1973
#OTD
@wembleystadium
, from our archive: Second division
#Sunderland
beat the mighty
#LeedsUnited
in one of the most famous
#FACup
Finals. Ian Porterfield scores the winner and keeper Jim Montgomery makes that infamous double save. Wembley’s jubilee year.
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Happy
#NewYear
2024, a year that will see the
@OVOArena
Wembley, formerly the Empire Pool and Sports Arena, celebrate 90 years and the
#centenary
of the
#britishempireexhibition
, the initial reason behind
@wembleystadium
's creation. It promises to be another busy 12months
#EFL
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@robertmdaws
Watkins Folly as it became known was a failed attempt at creating an Eiffel Tower type attraction for London on the site of what became
#wembleystadium
. It reached no higher than the first level. The craters from the legs remain in the picture of the original post
#wembley100
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1963 view of
#wembleypark
#wembleystadium
showing remnants of
#britishempireexhibition
.
#LNER
loop line (lower right) saw visitors arrive at an exhibition
#station
.
#Greyhound
kennels centre right of
#stadium
and part of the lake that ran from the rear of
@OVOArena
just visible
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From the
#wembleyarchive
:
#wembleystadium
has appeared on postcards since the
#britishempireexhibition
to the 1990s. Interestingly when turfed in the 70s the upkeep of the
#Greyhound
track was the head groundsman's role and the
#speedway
track bends are visible behind the goals
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From the
#wembleyarchive
: 1972 A5 flyer advertising the first full scale music festival / concert at
#wembleystadium
. A bargain £1.80 (£21 today!!) got you
#chuckberry
#littlerichard
#bodiddley
and
#WilkoJohnson
playing with
#Heinz
.
#Wembley100
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@philharrison192
The craters are the footprints of Watkins Folly, originally designed as a tower to rival the one in Paris. The
#Wembleypark
version only got as high as the first level
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1922 Construction brochure, 12x9.5inch 10pp, compliment slip and 7x5 press photo. Note no external staircases at the West and East ends, added after the 1923 final and the difference in the upper concrete terracing and the lower 'dug from the ground terracing
#Wembley
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On this day
#OTD
1975
@wembleystadium
.
#Oxford
v
#Cambridge
#University
Football. The annual Varsity match took place at Wembley on various December dates from 1952 to 87. Without wishing to bore you with this fixture on an almost daily basis we will only feature notable games
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#Onthisday
1985 Live Aid
@wembleystadium
.Not in our archive but used with thanks & permission. Production running order and info document.
#Queen
steal the show,
#U2
push the 15mins traffic light signals, Green =good, Orange =3mins, Red =1 min and off, to the limit
#wembley100
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From the
#wembleyarchive
: Photos from our last non event day walk around
#wembleypark
. In 2002 we captured the remains of the
#britishempireexhibition
Palace of Arts, Industry and a boarded up
#wembleystadium
. Heading back on Thursday to see the changes
#wembley100
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On this day
#OTD
1973
@wembleystadium
. The United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark celebrate joining the Common market with a football match against West Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, France and Luxembourg with 1966 managers Sir Alf Ramsey and Helmut Schon taking charge.
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@davstu11
The boards in front of the
#supporters
covered up the miniature railway used for the mechanical hare at the
#greyhound
racing
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On this day
#OTD
1929
@wembleystadium
. The
#Rugby
#League
Challenge Cup Final is first held at Wembley. Wigan (13) and Dewsbury (2) attract 41K paying 10s6d for seats to 2s for terraces, gate receipts total £5,614, Jim Sullivan scores the first points
@Wigan_Heritage
@RL_Guru
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From our
#wembleyarchive
. Built between November 1933 and July 1934
@OVOArena
Wembley turns 90 in 2024. Built at the western end of the former
#Britishempireexhibition
lake, not much excavation for the pool basin was needed with the lake doubling for boating and sun bathing.
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Iconic image of
@wembleystadium
WEMBLEY
1971 FA Cup Final
( Arsenal 2 v Liverpool 1 aet )
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On this day
#OTD
1983
@wembleystadium
, from our archive:
#England
beat
#Scotland
2-0 with Bryan Robson and
#astonvillafc
's Gordon Cowans, his first goal for the
#Threelions
, scoring. Peter Shilton also wins his 50th cap.
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On this day 1978
#OTD
@wembleystadium
, from our archive:
#Ipswich
Town beat Arsenal 1-0 through a Roger Osborne goal to win the
#FACup
in Wembley’s 50th final. 48page programme for a massive 50p, does anyone still have any of the Wembley merch?
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Concluding 2023, back on April 28th, 100 years to the day from the opening of
@wembleystadium
and tweeting a timeline of all the major the events from that day culminating in the
#whitehorse
and
#BWFC
beating
#WHUFC
in the first Wembley
#FACup
final. Happy
#NewYear
2024
#OTD
#OnThisDay
#FACup
#bwfc
v
#WHUFC
. One hour until the new
@wembleystadium
turnstiles open, who's excited? Can't attend, follow / retweet for our full coverage.
#wembley100
#EFL
#PremierLeague
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