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So they spaff £750 million on a stadium as 'The Home of English football', then decide to resort to the (far better) arrangement they had while they were spaffing their £750 million, of playing at grounds around the country.
And Wembley will now host American Football instead. Once they've convinced one of the NFL teams to relocate to a 'home' stadium where a little bit of travelling may be involved for visiting teams, and away games.
Are we going to place any bets on which American city will be chomping at the bit to relocate to lil ol England?
Are we going to place any bets on which American city will be chomping at the bit to relocate to lil ol England?
New England Patriots?
Not sure but I bet they are called the London Lions when they do
a little bit of travelling may be involved for visiting teams
I would think some of them may be a bit used to a bit of travel. OK I may be wrong but I don't think east coast teams tend to play each other in regular season, but let's say San Diego were playing at Seattle, that's got to be a good old journey
Probably Detroit then.Not sure but I bet they are called the London Lions when they do
I would think some of them may be a bit used to a bit of travel. OK I may be wrong but I don't think east coast teams tend to play each other in regular season, but let's say San Diego were playing at Seattle, that's got to be a good old journey
Seattle to Miami will be a fair old hike, nothing like Seattle to London though
I like that arrangement, We still get a Brilliant Stadium for domestic & European cup finals & the odd England game while the England team play around the country for all to watch, whats not to like?
As for the NFL team, hard to draw a comparison as its really only a North American sport (professionally anyway) so its not really the same as say playing a premier league game stateside.
Jacksonville Jaguars would seem a sensible bet to relocate to London, probably called the London Bulldogs of something amusing! I wouldnt be surprised if the NFL team were located in the USA & also had to travel in for home games, Bit like some Russian premier league teams being based in Moscow, Anzi for example!
I don't think east coast teams tend to play each other
I meant east coast teams playing [i]west coast teams[/i]! d'oh. postus interruptus
So San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots could well be a longer journey than say New England at London. if it ever happened
the England team play around the country for all to watch, whats not to like?
apart from the obvious, England being dreadful to watch 😉
San Marino up tonight. Expecting England to win, probably by a comfortable margin, but it'll still be as interesting as watching grass grow
Binners - I am surprised at your viewpoint, a stadium built on the back of ego will be the perfect stage for the prima donnas of American Football.
Meanwhile our salt of the earth footballers will toil up and down the country to ply their honest trade to get closer to their public, what could be better.
I think you've hit on the root of the problem there John. They spent £750 million on a stadium for a glorified pub side, to grind out another dismal, dull 0-0 against a country with the population of Basingstoke. They've just realised that not a lot of people are prepared to stump up the extortionate ticket prices to watch that crap
Will London/GB/Europe have enough fans to fill the 90k stadium every other week?
England are in the most uninteresting group they could have hoped for,if they get anymore like that in the future it makes sense to go around the country.
If there is a UK based team it will play in an East Coast division to keep travel times down and probably have a schedule with back to back away games.
To be honest Wembley was what half full for the Norway game? You might as well play games like that a smaller stadiums. It seems beyond them to sell the tickets cheaply enough to ensure Wembley is full.
The only thing I care about is ensuring Chelsea don't play at Twickenham.
Attendance for the Norway game was less than 40,000, with a 90,000 capacity. They're expecting slightly more than that tonight. God knows why anyone would pay good money to watch that shower? I wouldn't even bother watching it on telly
Will London/GB/Europe have enough fans to fill the 90k stadium every other week?
It's not that often, it's not quite a straightforeward league/knockout as teams skip rounds, but it's between 16 and 20 games in a season, and you don't play home/away, so only 10 games in a year at wembley.
It's the same arguments in the US about stadium costs. Typicaly the city builds them not the team, and the teams can be quite millitant about moving cities for a new stadium if the city doesn't find the cash. Hence why the cities generaly find a comercial sponsor to pay for them, hence they're all "The Staples Bowl" or whatever.
they've also been known to move from city to city. The Raiders for example, currently playing in Oakland, were in LA during the 80s, and again in Oakland before that. Pretty sure the Cardinals have moved to Phoenix from somewhere else - St Louis?
remember all the kerfuffle when Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes? that holy uproar about a team that hardly anyone liked anyway would simply not happen in the NFL
I was under the impression a London based team would be an entirely new franchise, adding to the teams already in the NFL.
It's all the Tories' fault.