Wembley

The home of football is finally ready, so the powers that be tell us. Multiplex the firm who have, putting it bluntly messed-up over the whole stadium fiasco have finally handed the keys for the stadium over to Mr Barwick and his fellow chums at the F.A.

The stadium has taken an astonishing SIX years to complete plunging the F.A into billions of pounds worth of debt, compare this to Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium, finished and ready to play in within a year and you get the drift.

With England underperforming in ALL THREE major tournaments during the six years the fans patience has been pushed to the brink culminating in one big public consensus of, "This better be one hell of a stadium."

Both the F.A and Multiplex seem to be making all the right noises for now, the new Wembley seems set to host the 2007 F.A Cup Final giving this years competition an extra edge. Its seems that everyone is expecting a flash finale at the new home of football.

But maybe the the bigwigs of the F.A are not telling us something, for one, the F.A have pre-booked The Millennium Stadium in case by some un-beknown reason the new Wembley is not ready yet again.

Secondly I have a little insight into what is going on behind the scenes at this present moment. The F.A have led us to believe that the finishing touches are in place, the final lick of paint getting applied as we speak. This couldn't be further from the truth.

My brother was fortunate enough to win a competition which enabled him and four of his mates to be the first people to grace the hallowed turf when he asked a man with "Supervisor" on his jacket he asked, "So mate, will the stadium be finished in time for this year." his reply...... a raucous laugh.

Read into it what you will, but better book the hotel in Cardiff, just in case.