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New Wembley not ready this year

The Editor — Fri, March 31st 2006

Builders Multiplex set to contest £120,000 a day fine

New delays will mean that England will not play at the new £757million Wembley stadium until 2007.

The project will now be handed over more than a year late. The Australian construction company Multiplex have a clause in their contract that they will be fined £120,000 a day for late completion, but they seem likely to contest this, complaining that changes in specifications have led to some of the problems.

The Wembley delay will force 2 Euro 2008 qualifiers against Andorra and Macedonia in September and October to be played probably at Old Trafford.

The next scheduled fixture at Wembley is Israel in September 2007, but it seems likely that the FA will arrange friendlies prior to that date.

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