On this day #OTD 1975
@wembleystadium.bsky.social #Oxford v #Cambridge #University Football. The annual Varsity match took place at Wembley on various December dates from 1952 to 87. Without wishing to bore you with this fixture on an almost daily basis we will only feature notable games
1924 Wembley British Empire Exhibition Newspaper Advert from The British Newspaper Archive. Running from April to November 1924 and May to October 1925 exhibition pavilions, gardens and fairgrounds surrounded the original @wembleystadium.bsky.social, built as the centrepiece for Exhibition events.
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On this day #OTD 1993
@ovoarena.bsky.social Wembley. To mark World Aids Day
@georgemichal.bsky.social headlines the Concert for Hope at the then Wembley Arena. Also on the bill are KD Lang and Mick Hucknell of Simply Red with David Bowie
acting as compare for the evening
On this day #OTD 1955
@wembleystadium.bsky.social @england defeat #spain 4-1 in front of 95K. John Atyeo of #bristol City #bcfc scores on his debut followed by two from Bill Perry of #blackpool #bfc and one from the great Tom Finney of Preston North End #pnefc
On this day #otd 1978 @wembleystadium.bsky.social
#england defeat the former #czechoslovakia 1 -0 through a #mufc Steve Coppell goa, the game also marks the debut of Viv Anderson the first Black player to represent the #threelions in a full international.
