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1.) Why were you looking
forward to going to the ground (or not as
the case may be:
I have never been to the new
Wembley (or the old one for that case) so I
was looking forward to going to the stadium
that has seen Chelsea win FA Cups and where
England legends have also played. I was also really looking
forward to seeing this London derby of Chelsea
v Tottenham.
2) How easy was you journey/finding the
ground/ car parking?
I live a little outside London so I first
got the train to London King's Cross, before
making my way to the London
Underground Metropolitan line for a
tube to Wembley Park.
On the platform there were a load of both
Chelsea and Tottenham fans, and we all piled onto
the tube train. On arriving at
Wembley Park
station there were officials
showing you the way towards
the stadium along
Olympic Way. I joined
the thousands of
Chelsea and Spurs fans walking
towards Wembley, which looked amazing
from a distance. On
the whole travelling to
Wembley by tube on this line
was easy.
3) What you did before the game pub/chippy
.... home fans friendly?
I arrived a good hour before the kick off, and bought the obligatory matchday
programme. I was a little surprised that I
had no change from a £5 note (and the programme
itself wasn't that great too).
I got a hot dog from the outlet on the walk up to the stadium, which
looked a bit up
market, when at a football game all you want
is a basic hot dog, burger or pie. Also the hot dog was
rather expensive. I had little change
left from another £5 note. The Tottenham fans seemed rather quiet, where
as the Chelsea fans were loudly making the
Spurs fans aware that we were "the last team
in Europe" and playing Barcelona in mid
week.
4) What you thought on seeing the ground,
first impressions of away end then other
sides of the ground?
Walking into the stadium and through
an entrance
gate, I had to go through some security
checks, which was rather surprising I
then had to go up about five escalators to reach the upper tier. The concourse was actually
very boring, plenty of space but I prefer
the Stamford Bridge concourses.
When I got out into the stadium it took my
breath away, it looked fantastic! I found my seat easily.
On TV Wembley looks massive, but seeing as
it is near enough twice the size of Stamford
Bridge, it didn't look it. The stadium looks
symmetrical which I don't like. Stands add
character to the Stadium, where as one bowl
(albeit large) doesn't.
5) Comment on the game itself, atmosphere,
stewards, pies, facilities etc..
The first half was nervy, Spurs played well,
but Wembley King Drogba scored. At half time the
concourses as you would
expect, were busy, and the food on offer
was pricey.
The
second half of the game was fantastic for Chelsea,
we scored 4 goals and the game finished 5-1, The
atmosphere was electric, the Tottenham fans
started leaving when we were 3-1 up and by 4-1
there were about 1,000 spurs fans left, by 5-1
their end of Wembley was virtually
empty.
6) Comment on getting away from the ground after
the game:
Walking down the steps out of Wembley was amazing,
Chelsea fans were going wild chanting about the
Barcelona game on Wednesday. Because half of
Wembley had already left, leaving Wembley was
actually incredibly easier than I thought it would
be. Getting to Kings Cross was easy despite
Transport For London making everybody get off at
Baker Street and getting the Hammersmith &
city line to Kings Cross, but other than that it
was straightforward.
7) Summary of overall thought of the day out:
The tickets weren't cheap, however it was worth
it, on the whole Wembley is fantastic, I love it!
Chelsea played brilliantly
and the game was amazing. Next time I go I will
remember to bring more money, as the prices are
way too expensive. But on the whole it was a great
day out.
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