Visit Football Icons in London

Online, July 13, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Football fans will find a wealth of things to do in London, as it contains many world-famous venues and has produced plenty of sporting legends.

Perhaps the first place to visit on a sporting tour of the capital is the renowned Wembley Stadium.

Although the iconic twin towers no longer stand, the stadium's new structure is equally impressive and leaves you in no doubt that this is the true heart of English football.

It is the stadium of the national side and also hosts key matches such as the Championship play-offs and the FA Cup Final every year.

Of course, it is also the place where Bobby Moore famously lifted the World Cup for England in 1966, after legends such as Nobby Stiles, Sir Geoff Hurst and Sir Bobby Charlton successfully overcame the might of the West Germans.

So this venue is at the heart of key sporting moments in both the past and the present.

And Wembley Stadium's future looks equally bright, as it is due to host the next Champions League Final, where an English side may just end up competing for the biggest trophy in European club football on home soil.

If you want to get a look at where sporting history is made, you can book yourself on a tour of Wembley stadium. You will be able to get a privileged peek behind closed doors and look at areas such as the players' dressing rooms.

Visitors can even go inside the Royal Box, although Her Majesty will probably not be on hand to greet you.

But either way, you will never watch the FA Cup Final in quite the same way again after you have been here.

Of course, London has produced many successful club teams as well, with sides such as Chelsea establishing themselves as true giants of the game.

While they have not as yet been able to secure that much-elusive Champions League title, their trophy room is still hugely impressive and enough to make other teams look on with envy.

If you book yourself on a tour of their ground at Stamford Bridge, you will find out how remarkable it is for yourself.

And it is still being updated, as the Chelsea team won the Premier League and the FA Cup double last year. It is unlikely that they will be content to leave it at that, so expect new additions to this room over the next few seasons.

The tour of Stamford Bridge also includes a visit to the changing rooms, where you can get an idea of how John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and co spend their time before a match and where they get their half time team talks from manager Carlo Ancelotti.

While you may not be ready to line up with the Premier League's biggest stars just yet, this is almost certainly the next best thing.

London is a hub of sporting activity and since football is the national sport of England - as was clearly seen during the 2010 World Cup - this is a place that fans of the beautiful game should definitely visit.