Why are two college football teams playing at Wembley on Saturday?
Photograph: Hanover commsView image in fullscreenThe match begins at 5pm on Saturday. It’s nearly 40 years since 6,000 or so intrigued spectators watched Richmond Spiders beat Boston University in Crystal Palace. “The gray, misty ways of Richmond proved far more compatible in the Land of the Overcast Sky,” reported the Boston Globe at the time.The 1980s was a time of international expansionism for American college sports, with games in Japan, Milan and Dublin.
- ▪Photograph: Hanover commsView image in fullscreenThe match begins at 5pm on Saturday.
- ▪It’s nearly 40 years since 6,000 or so intrigued spectators watched Richmond Spiders beat Boston University in Crystal Palace.
- ▪“The gray, misty ways of Richmond proved far more compatible in the Land of the Overcast Sky,” reported the Boston Globe at the time.The 1980s was a time of international expansionism for American college sports, with games in Japan, Milan
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The match begins at 5pm on Saturday. Photograph: Hanover commsView image in fullscreenThe match begins at 5pm on Saturday. Photograph: Hanover commsNo Helmets RequiredCollege sportsWhy are two college football teams playing at Wembley on Saturday?Kansas are taking on Arizona in the Union Jack Classic, with 60,000 young and noisy fans expected at Wembley By No Helmets RequiredGavin WillacyWed 16 Sep 2026 09.20 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleHas London hosted college football before?There have been as many college football games played in Tanzania and Italy (one) as there have in England, and twice as many in China and Australia. It’s nearly 40 years since 6,000 or so intrigued spectators watched Richmond Spiders beat Boston University in Crystal Palace.
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