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===Home stadium===
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[[File:Wembley enggermatch.jpg|thumb|[[Wembley Stadium]] during a friendly match between England and [[Germany national football team|Germany]]]]
For the first 50 years of their existence, England played their home matches all around the country. They initially used [[cricket]] grounds before later moving on to football club stadiums. The original [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Empire Stadium]] was built in [[Wembley]], London, for the [[British Empire Exhibition]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/06/17/archives/asks-premier-to-stop-rodeo-steer-roping-british-society-appeals-in.html |title=Asks Premier to stop rodeo steer roping; British Society appeals 'in name of humanity' against contest of American cowboys |work=The New York Times |date=17 June 1924 |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920165017/https://www.nytimes.com/1924/06/17/archives/asks-premier-to-stop-rodeo-steer-roping-british-society-appeals-in.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/1924-british-empire-exhibition |title=1924 British Empire Exhibition |author=Open University |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170540/https://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/1924-british-empire-exhibition |url-status=live }}</ref>

England played their first match at the stadium in 1924 against Scotland<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/2018/04/13/news/on-this-day-april-13-1924-england-played-their-first-international-at-wembley-1303520/ |title=On this day, April 13, 1924, England played their first international at Wembley |publisher=The Irish News |date=13 April 2018 |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163637/https://www.irishnews.com/sport/2018/04/13/news/on-this-day-april-13-1924-england-played-their-first-international-at-wembley-1303520/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and for the next 27 years Wembley was used as a venue for matches against Scotland only. The stadium later became known simply as Wembley Stadium and it became England's permanent home stadium during the 1950s. In October 2000, the stadium closed its doors, ending with a [[2000 England v Germany football match|defeat]] against Germany.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/29/golden-goal-dietmar-hamann-for-germany-v-england-2000 |title=Golden Goal: Dietmar Hamann for Germany v England (2000) |author=Alex Hess |work=The Guardian |date=29 May 2020 |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163525/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/29/golden-goal-dietmar-hamann-for-germany-v-england-2000 |url-status=live }}</ref>

This stadium was demolished during the period of 2002–03, and work began to completely rebuild it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2729971.stm |title=End of era for Wembley |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 February 2003 |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2729971.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> During this time, England played at venues across the country, though by the time of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification&nbsp;– UEFA Group 6|2006 World Cup qualification]], this had largely settled down to having [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'s [[Old Trafford]] stadium as the primary venue, with [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]'s [[St. James' Park, Newcastle|St. James' Park]] used on occasions when Old Trafford was unavailable.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/old-trafford-to-stage-four-home-world-cup-qualifiers-554100.html |title=Old Trafford to stage four home World Cup qualifiers |author=Martyn Ziegler |work=The Independent |date=23 July 2004 |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170946/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/old-trafford-to-stage-four-home-world-cup-qualifiers-554100.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Their first match in the new [[Wembley Stadium]] was in March 2007 when they drew with Brazil.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/6696153.stm |title=England 1–1 Brazil |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 June 2007 |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=25 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925054608/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/6696153.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The stadium is now owned by the Football Association, via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wembleystadium.com/about/stakeholders |title=Stakeholders |publisher=Wembley Stadium |access-date=16 September 2022 |archive-date=31 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331103551/https://www.wembleystadium.com/about/stakeholders |url-status=live }}</ref>