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Article: German out of contest for the Wembley bridge.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2005
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Byline: MARK CHOUEKE
AN ATTEMPT by German football fans to hijack the contest to name the new Wembley stadium bridge has been thwarted.
Thousands of Germans had voted to get Liverpool player and fellow countryman Dietmar Hamann on the shortlist.
But organisers of the idea have banned him as a possible name for the footbridge that will link the stadium with Wembley town centre.
A spokesman for the London Development Agency confirmed that Hamann's name was the most nominated "by some distance".
But panellists, including-BBC Radio Five live's Jonathan Pearce, LDA chief executive Tony Winterbottom and stadium boss Michael Cunnah, ...