Wembley stadium add “new” to its name.

Wembley Stadium is a stadium, located in Wembley Park in London, England. Primarily an association football venue, Wembley is owned by The Football Association (The FA) via its
subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited, and hosts the home international
matches of the England national football team
and the main English domestic cup finals.

As long ago as the 1880s, Wembley Park Leisure Grounds had football and cricket pitches, a running track, fountains and waterfalls, walkways and flowerbeds. The first
event in the old stadium was the famous ‘white horse cup final’ of 1923. Over
the years, the stadium was regularly updated and improved. Floodlights were
added in 1955. Whilst the electric scoreboard and the all encircling roof, made
from aluminium and translucent glass, were added in 1963. Those changes aside,
the structure of the stadium remained essentially the same as it was in 1924
and the old stadium struggled to meet the developing needs of sports fans when
it was finally closed in 2000.

The stadium was renovated and reopened to the fans lately in 2007 and the final of the FA Cup took place where Chelsea won 1-0 against Manchester United with a goal by Didier Drogba,making him the first player to score in the FA Cup final at the new Wembley.

Wembley’s 90,000 capacity makes it the second largest stadium in Europe (after Camp Nou,
Barcelona) and the largest and tallest in the world with every seat under
cover. It is one of the most expensive stadia ever built, costing close to
£800 million. Immediately following its opening, it was often referred to
as the “new Wembley Stadium” to distinguish it from the original stadium.
Now again the stadium will be alive with the league cup final between Manchester Unitedand Aston Villa will take place on the last day of this month.

Aston Villa in Carling Cup final.

Aston Villa came back in one of the most dramatic fashion to book their place in the final of the League Cup scheduled to be held on 28th February. They must be curiously waiting for one of the Manchester team for the big date at Wembley Stadium.

Villa came from two goal behind to win the fixture 6-4 over Backburn Rovers’ 10 men to take the overall aggregate 7-4. Two strikes from Milner and a goal each from Emile Heskey, Stephen Warnocknad Young took them through.

Neighbours meet in Carling Cup for the big date in Wembley.

After the weather disturbed the whole of English football in the past with the league cup also falling as one of the victim, the premier tournament is back with the much important semi final clash between local rivals Manchester United and Manchester City at the City Of Manchester Stadium which was covered under heavy snow on the original scheduled date for the match. While the other two semi finalists Aston Villaand Blackburn Rovers will be playing its second leg at at Villa park after their first leg match was won by the visitors by a narrow margin of 1-0. With Aston Villa having the upper hand and with a home game they may be certain on road to Wembley and must be waiting for one of the Manchester team.

Sir Alex Ferguson will be banking on the return of Gary Neville and Edwin Van der Sar at the back for the defence that they needed. Further up front much would be expected from Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov to score in this crucial derby. Also the player to look for will be the new comer from Senegal Mame Biram Diouf who scored in his debut for the red devils. Ryan Giggs seems to be the concern of the moment after his missed the Saturday’s home game against Burnley.
According to Sir Alex, Manchester City has evolved as a competitive side by saying “You have to recognise they are a competitor now,” . City having been missing on a major title since 1976 and this seems to be the best opportuinity to finish the title drought. City has been doing considerable well under their new manager Roberto Mancini with their joint 4th position currently in the premier league.

The match will be starting at 1945 Hours GMT today (i.e. 0115 Hours IST on Wednesday)
Don’t confuse on the time fact, it can take many things away.

Important announcement: League Cup Match Postponed.

The Carling Cup/League Cup semi final between Manchester United and Manchester City, originally scheduled on 6th January, has been postponed due to heavy snowfall in the Eastlands.
The match will now be played on 19th January ’10 and the return leg at Old Trafford will be played on 27th January ’10. As a result of it, the premier league match of thered devils against Hull City originally scheduled on 26th January ’10 has been further postponed which wil be communicated on a further date.
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EPL Reporter