Summer 3: Wembley Stadium

No decent visit to London should be complete without enjoying a visit to at least one great football (soccer) match. London is home to many top clubs - Arsenal (as we have already seen in our journey), Chelsea, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United are all in the Premier League and all have a huge international following with great stadiums in which to savour the atmosphere. There are plenty more clubs too - take a look at the listing at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_London for more information. But this is London Landscape TV so you get to visit the greatest, most famous home of football in the world - Wembley Stadium. The stadium has just been completely rebuilt into a state-of-the-art venue hosting top football cup finals and semi-finals, as well as major concerts. In this visit on Sunday 10 August 2008, Manchester United played Portsmouth in the Football Association (FA) Community Shield. This game was doubly significant as the Community Shield celebrated its 100th birthday at this match. Now unfortunately video equipment is not officially allowed into the ground - and my pro Sony camcorder would be a bit obvious - so I used my discreet compact 'cyclecam' camcorder for this episode. Alas the picture and sound quality is some way below what you would normally expect from LLTV so please accept my apologies and we'll continue our journey in high quality and high definition from next week. I hope you you get enough from this episode to enjoy the atmosphere and get a sense of the size of such a great stadium.