OK, coffee break time, put down the Sudoku, your skinny latte and prized copy of The Liverpool Post, and answer me this one.

What have George Michael, the Catalans Dragons, Metallica, the Miami Dolphins, Saracens, Whitley Bay and Brazil all got in common?

Not got it yet? Well, add Take That, Barrow, the English National Ballet, Donny Osmond, St Helens, Katherine Jenkins and the Warrington Wolves.

No, they haven’t all been on Celebrity Big Brother or queued for an X Factor audition (although I’d have paid money to see Metallica do that!)

Yes, you’ve got it. They’ve all played at the new Wembley Stadium since it opened in 2007.

And as we know rather too well, Liverpool haven’t – yet. But the Reds are about to put that right – and possibly in triplicate.

Yes, some five years after the national stadium re-opened its doors, the Anfield club are about to resume a residency that spanned over thirty appearances when the famous sporting landmark boasted the Twin Towers rather than its breathtaking Arch.

We’ve all got special memories of Wembley Stadium but perhaps mine are a little closer to home.

On my second day as the FA’s new Chief Executive back in 2005 I took a trip to Wembley and was hit by the sheer scale of the job that still needed to be done to finish the ambitious project. I knew I had inherited a headache – and a big one at that.

The building programme was already running heavily behind time and there was little to be optimistic about. As I walked around the building site in hard hat and steel toe-capped boots I grew more concerned by the yard.

Nearly two and half years later I was on the same stretch of ground, fully suited and booted; accompanying the President of the Football Association, Prince William, onto the pitch as he officially re-opened the newly-completed stadium on the day of the 2007 FA Cup Final.

Marching bands, gallant soldiers, operatic stars, the Red Arrows, famous FA Cup legends, 90,000 expectant fans and two top-class sides, Chelsea and Manchester United, helped create a very special English sporting day.

One thing would have topped it off for me. Liverpool being one of those two teams.