Wembley will host the 2013 Champions League final

MisterAnarchy

UEFA has confirmed Wembley will host the 2013 Champions League final.

Wembley played host to the final between Manchester United and Barcelona in May this year, but UEFA president Michel Platini has said the stadium will be used once more to mark the 150th anniversary of the Football Association.

The lure of big spondoolicks was too much for UEFA.

LuckyGent88

Bit of a strange one alright seen as though it was held there this year. Obviously has to do with ££££££££££.

Paully D

''To celebrate the 150 year anniversary of the FA'' translates into ''We loved the amount of money we made from charging extortionate ticket prices''.

pebbles21

And give Mr Ferguson one last chance to win it on home soil ......again!

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pebbles21 wrote: »

And give Mr Ferguson one last chance to win it on home soil ......again!

Soon to be Lord Ferguson.:P

IvySlayer

Maybe it's to keep them quiet over the scandals lately?

bonerm

pebbles21 wrote: »

And give Mr Ferguson one last chance to win it on home soil ......again!

Have Barcelona retired?

krustydoyle

is there not enough stadiums around europe that could hold this??

parker kent

Aside from the cash aspect, I think it is fitting to mark a massive anniversary in football history.

mike65

Nearly 90,000 seats at 200 a pop minimum = ka-ching!

homerjay2005

mike65 wrote: »

Nearly 90,000 seats at 200 a pop minimum = ka-ching!

final capacity is about 86,500, which is still the biggest about. nou camp cant compare to this, in terms of hospitality and premium (Club wembley)


i would bet alot of money, that uefa made more from that game, than any other game in their history.

citytillidie

Start saving now so you can afford a ticket no matter who plays in the Final

Dub13

krustydoyle wrote: »

is there not enough stadiums around europe that could hold this??

I believe with the new criteria for holding a CL final only 6/7 grounds in Europe meet it one of them been croke park.

bonerm

Dub13 wrote: »

I believe with the new criteria for holding a CL final only 6/7 grounds in Europe meet it one of them been croke park.

Is the criteria that the stadium must look three-quarters built, only filled twice a year and be technically out-of-date before construction is even finished?

bonerm

bonerm wrote: »

Have Barcelona retired?

How does a club go into retirement?

ArmaniJeanss

Dub13 wrote: »

I believe with the new criteria for holding a CL final only 6/7 grounds in Europe meet it one of them been croke park.

Might as well say Twickenham for all the relevance Croke Pk has - I can't see any conditions under which the FAI would make an application using Croke Pk, nor can I see any possibility of the GAA giving out Croke Pk for free rental, nor any reason UEFA would snub all the other football associations by giving it to a non-football ground.

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Also think its far more than 6/7 stadia on the potential roster at the moment - Off the top of my head Nou Camp, Wembley, Rome, Bernabeau, Moscow, Istanbul, Athens, Old Trafford, Dortmund, Berlin are all well above Platinis 70,000 mark.
And Munich next year is less than 70,000 so I don't even think that 70,000+ is set in stone either which brings 5 or 6 more grounds into the equation.

I do think though that UEFA are sending a message to the other countries that they have to improve in various ways (the financial aspect being one of them). Probably an element of truth in the 150th anniversary thing as well.

Zebra3

peterswellman wrote: »

How does a club go into retirement?

Ask a few Corkies.

Predalien

Don't really like Wembley as a stadium myself. Lacks a bit of character or something, it's design seemed to be too heavily focused on size. Plus the vast amounts of empty corporate seats for the first 5-10 minutes of each half really get on my nerves.

bonerm

Predalien wrote: »

Don't really like Wembley as a stadium myself. Lacks a bit of character or something, it's design seemed to be too heavily focused on size. Plus the vast amounts of empty corporate seats for the first 5-10 minutes of each half really get on my nerves.

Better than all the corporate seats at Aviva that are empty for 45-50 minutes of each half.

OPENROAD

Predalien wrote: »

Don't really like Wembley as a stadium myself. Lacks a bit of character or something, it's design seemed to be too heavily focused on size. Plus the vast amounts of empty corporate seats for the first 5-10 minutes of each half really get on my nerves.

I wonder if they announce that the players are on the way back out, that would definitely help

bonerm

OPENROAD wrote: »

I wonder if they announce that the players are on the way back out, that would definitely help

Maybe it's having to finish your drink before you can go out to your seat?

At the premium section of Croker you couldn't bring your plastic cup outside so you either had to drink it at the bar, leave it there behind or sneak it out past the stewards. (I'd usually go for the latter).

OPENROAD

bonerm wrote: »

I'd say it's mainly due to having to finish your drink before you can go out to your seat.

At the premium section of Croker you couldn't bring your plastic cup outside so you either had to drink it at the bar, leave it there behind or sneak it out past the stewards. (I'd usually go for the latter).

Definitely down to finishing your drink which is why the announcement does help to hurry you up and drink up.

orourkeda

Dub13 wrote: »

I believe with the new criteria for holding a CL final only 6/7 grounds in Europe meet it one of them been croke park.

http://www.stadiumguide.com/stadiumstars.htm

Croke park isnt all seater

bonerm

orourkeda wrote: »

http://www.stadiumguide.com/stadiumstars.htm

Croke park isnt all seater

Any stadium with seats is technically all-seater so long as you don't admit people to the terraced areas. Cardiff Arms Park is in the record books for holding the firs 'all-seater' international match in the UK merely because they closed the terraces. In this regard Croker would be a 73,500 all-seater stadium in UEFA's eyes.

Fr Tod Umptious

orourkeda wrote: »

http://www.stadiumguide.com/stadiumstars.htm

Croke park isnt all seater

Well neither is Dortmund's, but they both have the ability to install temporary seating in terraces that meets UEFA standards

That being said as another poster said why put a CL final in a non soccer stadium when you have many soccer stadiums all over Europe well capable of hosting it.

Dub13

I never said I think croke park will get a CL final I am just pointing out what was in a article u read a year or so ago.Also the criteria was a lit more than capacity.