Wembley Stadium (1923)
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The original Wembley Stadium was a football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor and by its predecessor, Watkin's Tower.
The Twin Towers of Wembley Stadium (2002)
Postcard depicting the "British Empire Exhibition" in 1924
Aerial view of Wembley Stadium, 1991
The Royal Box in April 1986. Trophy presentations took place here.
1923 FA Cup final
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The 1923 FA Cup final was an association football match between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United on 28 April 1923 at the original Wembley Stadium in London. The showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, it was the first football match to be played at Wembley Stadium. King George V was in attendance to present the trophy to the winning team.
The crowd was so large that fans swarmed right up to, and even onto, the pitch.
Fans flood the pitch
"Billie" the white horse was the defining image of the day when mounted police cleared fans from the Wembley pitch.