{"id":133,"date":"2009-07-21T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/"},"modified":"2011-08-18T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T11:26:23","slug":"wembley-board-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Wembley board game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now here is a blast from the past board game &#8211; The Wembley board game<br \/>\nThis board game was a great addition to my collection after finding one at a jumble sale as a kid. The idea of the game is to manage a team to through various rounds of the FA cup and to win the final while making a large amount of money along the way.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1559\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1559\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1559\" title=\"wembley-game\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game.jpg\" alt=\"Wembley board game\" width=\"700\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wembley board game<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s based on English football teams on their way to winning the FA cup. The game has a series of cards which represent each of the clubs, and are dealt out to the players at the start of the game. The clubs go through an elimination cup series, with money being earned for victories, which can be spent on tokens representing star players.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The winner of each match is determined by the roll of a die to represent goals scored, modified by the number of star players. Different dice with various number combinations are used to weight the chances such that a premier division team will usually beat a lower division team. As with all games in the FA cup, there is always a chance of a giant killing in the later rounds.<\/p>\n<p>I found this was one of the games that was just as enjoyable plating on your own &#8211; ok i know i sound a bit of a Billy-no-mates, but it was fun just seeing whether you could get AFC Bournemouth beating Manchester United in the final.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wembley board game\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Now here is a blast from the past board game &#8211; The Wembley board game This board game was a great addition to my collection after finding one at a jumble sale as a kid. The idea of the game &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[57,54,53],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toys","tag-57","tag-54","tag-53"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wembley board game<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now here is a blast from the past board game - The Wembley board game This board game was a great addition to my collection after finding one at a jumble\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Skooldays\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Skooldays\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7737d0880c9ea762e2b2c2475c12a0ca\"},\"headline\":\"Wembley board game\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-07-21T06:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-18T11:26:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":4,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1950\",\"1960\",\"1970\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Toys\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/\",\"name\":\"Wembley board game\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-07-21T06:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-18T11:26:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7737d0880c9ea762e2b2c2475c12a0ca\"},\"description\":\"Now here is a blast from the past board game - The Wembley board game This board game was a great addition to my collection after finding one at a jumble\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wembley-game.jpg\",\"width\":\"700\",\"height\":\"556\",\"caption\":\"Wembley board game\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wembley-board-game\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wembley board game\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Skooldays\",\"description\":\"Nostalgic &amp; 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