Posted December 19, 200618 yr Source: BBC Sport The German Football Association (DFB) say their national team will be England's first opponents in the new Wembley Stadium on 22 August, 2007. Germany coach Joachim Low revealed last week the game was due to go ahead even though the Football Association had not made any announcement of the fixture. The DFB have now said via their official website that the game will take place with a 1930 BST kick off. The last game at the old Wembley was England's 1-0 loss to Germany in 2000. The new stadium is set to be completed by mid-2007 after several technical setbacks and budgetary problems. The FA have so far been unable to confirm the game will definitely take place. Last week, an FA spokesperson told BBC Sport: "We're not in a position to announce anything, and have no plans to do so." The FA hope to be able to stage the 2007 FA Cup final at Wembley, but will not commit themselves for fear of a repeat of last season when they were forced to shift the showpiece to Cardiff's Millennium stadium. In October, three parties involved in the project - the FA, Wembley National Stadium Limited and developers Mulitplex - signed an agreement to settle all outstanding disputes regarding construction and payments. This would be a great game for England's first game at the new Wembley Staduim. ^_^ I just hope we don't get beat... :(
December 19, 200618 yr Author With a new manager in charge by the time that happens hopefully! I think he'll still be in charge of England when this game is due to take place, unless England do very badly in the next set of qualifiers for the Euros, because it would cost the FA loads to sack McLaren especially when they have just payed Sven out of his contract.
December 19, 200618 yr I think he'll still be in charge of England when this game is due to take place, unless England do very badly in the next set of qualifiers for the Euros, because it would cost the FA loads to sack McLaren especially when they have just payed Sven out of his contract. Me too, but I'd love to see it! Also, what happened to Klinsmen? :unsure:
December 19, 200618 yr Author Me too, but I'd love to see it! Also, what happened to Klinsmen? :unsure: I dunno. :unsure: I think he's left Germany as Manager now. :unsure: Not sure though.
December 19, 200618 yr I think he'll still be in charge of England when this game is due to take place, unless England do very badly in the next set of qualifiers for the Euros, because it would cost the FA loads to sack McLaren especially when they have just payed Sven out of his contract. I'm sure they'd rather pay compensation than not qualify... Only trouble is that all the best managers have been recently hired (O Neill, Curbs, Hiddink) and probably aren't gonna want to come :manson:
December 19, 200618 yr Author I'm sure they'd rather pay compensation than not qualify... Only trouble is that all the best managers have been recently hired (O Neill, Curbs, Hiddink) and probably aren't gonna want to come :manson: Your probably right there. The FA should have hired O'Neill all along. -_- Best manager for the job IMO. ^_^
December 19, 200618 yr We'll probably lose 1-0 at home to Germany & the manager gets booed off the pitch and sacked.
December 19, 200618 yr Author van Basten would be my personal choice. I'd like Wenger as manager but I doubt that'll ever happen tbh.
December 23, 200618 yr Your probably right there. The FA should have hired O'Neill all along. -_- Best manager for the job IMO. ^_^ if we wanted draw after draw :lol: I still would have gone Scolari or Capello or down that road
December 23, 200618 yr Author if we wanted draw after draw :lol: I still would have gone Scolari or Capello or down that road Capello would have been good, but I doubt he'd have taken up the job. I don't like Scolari. He's a good manager but I just don't like his attitude.
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