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Welcome everybody to Soccer 101.

My name is Taylor Rockwell, and we are recording this episode in very late May of 2024, just before this weekend's Champions League Final between Beruzea Dortmund and Real Madrid.

The final will be hosted at Wembley Stadium, everyone's favorite iconic stadium, most notably Graham Ruffin, who is here with me today to talk about the history of Wembley Stadium, more accurately Wembley Stadium, as well as

its most iconic matches and moments and the pros and cons of the crown jewel of British football

architecture and infrastructure, and there are no other contenders. Is that right, Graham?

Yeah, absolutely. I'm excited to talk about a stadium where I once paid

25 pounds for a hot dog and a beater. The home of football

is what is widely known as, the home of ripping me off, if you ask me.

I did not realize that they were that expensive. I am not surprised that they are,

but it's good to know that American stadiums are not alone in having

exorbitant prices for things. Oh, no, it's American Stadiums and Wembley. That's the grouping.

So, Graham, in terms of this conversation, this episode, it feels like the questions we are going

for would be, what is Wembley Stadium and why does it get the billing that it does?

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