Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Sports, Hobbies & Interests => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on April 26, 2018, 04:17:57 PM
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To quote Barry Gardiner MP
'Let’s not see our National Football Stadium traded away in a backroom deal. Wembley Stadium is not just at the heart of our borough of Brent, it’s at the heart of Britain.'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43906272
Mmm really, Barry?
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Dear Santa
Could you please give Barry an atlas for Xmas.
Thank you.
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Dear Santa
Could you please give Barry an atlas for Xmas.
Thank you.
Or a history book
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I suspect he could use both: I do hope Santa is looking at this thread.
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To quote Barry Gardiner MP 'Let’s not see our National Football Stadium traded away in a backroom deal. Wembley Stadium is not just at the heart of our borough of Brent, it’s at the heart of Britain.' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43906272 Mmm really, Barry?
Cretin. An a wee note frae the Gabs...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT4Y9iu-4XQ
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Cretin. An a wee note frae the Gabs...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT4Y9iu-4XQ
They were all wankers. For Scotland to even start to be a nation it needs to drop the pathetic obsession with England.
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To be fair to him, he was probably using it in a more metaphorical sense rather than geographical, although it does still rather assume that we all think football is essential to our collective psyche. And, of course ignoring the difficulty of identifying a "heart of Britain".
I have news for him, football is not essential for me in any sense.
Although having said that I do feel, more strongly than the above would imply, that Wembley should not be sold.
Go figure ;D
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To be fair to him, he was probably using it in a more metaphorical sense rather than geographical, although it does still rather assume that we all think football is essential to our collective psyche. And, of course ignoring the difficulty of identifying a "heart of Britain".
I have news for him, football is not essential for me in any sense.
Although having said that I do feel, more strongly than the above would imply, that Wembley should not be sold.
Go figure ;D
I don’t think anyone outside of England gives two shits about Wembley. It’s not the ‘heart’ of Scottish or Welsh football, and British football doesn’t exist, except for one brief moment at the 2012 Olympics.
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I have little interest in football, too. (Even though I was named after a Nottingham Forest player. Or perhaps that is why ...)
Wembley Stadium is an important cultural and national landmark - whatever one thinks of football and other sporting activities. The prospect of it being for sale just reinforces the impression that Britain is an open market available to anyone who wants to bid. As far as the government is concerned, it seems, inward cash flow is fine - no matter what its purpose. Britain is up for sale to the highest bidder.
A few years ago, Cadburys was aquired by Krapp Kraft. Last year ARM holdings, the world's leading semiconductor intellectual property supplier, was acquired by a Japanese company. For both of these companies it means that decisions about the companies' futures are now made somewhere else. The list is long - Heathrow Airport is owned by a Spanish company.
The bid for Wembley appears to have been made by an American entrepreneur who seems to think that it could be a centre for American football. Huh!
Wembley Stadium was rebuilt a few years ago - I believe that the British government actually made a significant contribution to the cost. So, why should the FA simply pocket the cash from this sale?
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This is driven by the NFL wanting a permanent London base. Within five years football will be kicked out and Wembley will be under yet another change of ownership.