Season 1990-91

Concert on 24-25 August 1990 - Rolling Stones 'Urban Jungle' tour - supported by Dan Reed Network - rescheduled from the 13-14 July after Keith Richards cut his finger.
Concert on 1 September 1990 - Fleetwood Mac 'Behind The Mask' tour - supported by Jethro Tull, Hall & Oates and River City People

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Rugby League - 1990 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain & France: The Ashes Series: First Test: 27 October 1990 - Great Britain 19 Australia 12 (54,569).

Victory Shield Under-16 International: 9 March 1991 - England 2 Scotland 1

"The stadium held its first FA Cup semi-final in 1991, because nowhere else could effectively stage the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur."
FA Cup Semi-final: 14 April 1991 - Arsenal 1 Tottenham Hotspur 3

Under-19 International: 25 May 1991 - England 1 Spain 1 - The very last curtain raiser at Wembley is the very first international for this level, featuring Steve McManaman and Darren Anderton

World Bowl '91: 9 June 1991 - "In 1991, [American Football] had grown so much that a World League (WLAF) was created to give European fans a chance to support a team of their own. London Monarchs became the first World champions when they trounced Barcelona Dragons, 21-0 but the game reached its peak and Wembley saw only one more year of the World League."
Schoolboy International: 8 June 1991 - England 1 West Germany 3.
Concert on 15 June 1991 - Rod Stewart 'Vagabond Heart' tour - supported by Status Quo and Joe Cocker
Concert on 13 July 1991 - INXS 'SummerXS' tour - all day concert, live on BBC Radio One, with five support bands - Jellyfish, Roachford, Jesus Jones, Deborah Harry and The Hothouse Flowers.

Season 1991-92

Concert on 31 August 1991 - Guns n' Roses 'Use Your Illusion' tour - supported by Skid Row and Nine Inch Nails.
"One more great British sport was attempted at Wembley. A cricket match between England and the Rest of the World was scheduled for September 1991. Artificial turf had been laid across the track to take the pitch right up to he spectators. Alas, the great British weather scuppered the event. It was rained off without a ball being bowled."

Schoolboy International: 7 March 1992 - England 0 Netherlands 0 - a young Phil Neville started for England.

"Wembley's last European Cup Final was held in 1992...
European Cup Final: 20 May 1992 - Barcelona 1 Sampdoria 0 (70,827).
Schoolboy International: 6 June 1992 - England 1 Italy 1 (44,000).
Concert: 13 June 1992 - Guns N' Roses 'Use Your Illusion Part 2' tour - supported by Skid Row, Faith No More, SoundGarden and Nine Inch Nails
Concert: 26-28 June 1992 - Elton John & Eric Clapton 'The One' tour - opened by Curtis Stigers and Bonnie Raitt.
Concert: 6, 9-10,12-13 July 1992 - Bruce Springsteen - 'The World' tour.
Concert: 11 July 1992 - Simply Red,
Concert: 18 July 1992 - Bryan Adams 'Waking Up The World' tour - supported by Extreme, Squeeze and Little Angels.
Concert: 30-31 July 1992 - Michael Jackson ' Dangerous' World tour - supported by Kris Kross and Rozalla

Season 1992-93

Concert: 20, 22-23 August 1992 - Michael Jackson ' Dangerous' World tour -
29 August 1992 - "The World Wrestling Federation staged its 'Summerslam' outside the US for the first time, in 1992 and a packed Wembley (possibly as much as 78,427) saw the British Bulldog Davey 'Boy' Smith become the Intercontinental champion."

Rugby League World Cup final: 12 October 1992 - "A world record 73,631 crowd saw Australia lift the World Cup at Wembley in 1992 following a 10-6 victroy against Britain."
Rugby Union Test match: 15 October 1992 - "England beat Canada (26-13) while Twickenham was undergoing rebuilding work."

Victory Shield Schoolboy International: 7 March 1993 - England 1 Scotland 2.
"Two new competitions reach[ed] the stadium. The first of four Anglo-Italian Cup Finals was led but a much-derided revival of a competition made popular in the 1970s."
Anglo-Italian Cup Final: 27 March 1993 - Cremonese 3 Derby County 1 (37,024).

"[The FA Cup semi-final] happened again [on 3 April] 1993 when the same two teams [Arsenal & Tottenham Hotspur] (Arsenal won 1-0) were drawn together and public pressure forced the other semi0final between the two Sheffield clubs [Wednesday & United] (Wednesday won 2-1) to be staged at Wembley as well on the same weekend. It was a controversial decision because some felt it was taking away some of the mystique of the final and the experiment lasted one more year."

"...with its second and last Cup-Winners Cup Final the following year."
European Cup-Winners Cup Final: 12 May 1993 - Parma 3 Royal Antwerp 1 (37,393).
29 May 1993 - "The Women's League Cup Final was played before the Third Division Play-Off Final in 1993, but received scant coverage and no other senior women's games were played at Wembley apart from occasional pre-match short exhibition matches." - Arsenal 3 Knowsley United 0.
Schoolboy International: 5 June 1993 - England 0 Germany 0 (30,000).

Concert: 31 July 1993 - Prince ' Act II Finale' World tour - supported by D-influence.
Concert: 11-12, 20-21 August 1993 - U2 'Zoo TV tour - supported by PJ Harvey, Bjork and Stereo MCs.
Concert: 28 August 1993 - Jean-Michel Jarre 'Chronologie' tour.

Concert: 25-26 September 1993 - Madonna 'The Girlie Show' World tour

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Schoolboy International: 12 March 1994 - England 3 Switzerland 0.

Schoolboy International: 11 June 1994 - England 2 France 1.

Rugby League - 1994 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain & France: The Ashes Series: First Test: 22 October 1994 - Great Britain 8 Australia 4 (57,034).

Schoolboy International: 11 March 1995 - England 1 Brazil 0 - England's goal was scored by an even younger Michael Owen. Michael Ball also featured.

15 April 1995 -"In the mid-1990s Wembley became more alive to the potential of commercial interest, which manifested itself in a number of tournaments held at the stadium for employees of the media and sponsors. It began at 10 a.m. with matches that lasted 25 minutes each. The players were all writers, editors, photographers and broadcasters, plus employees from Littlewoods Pools (the new sponsors of the FA Cup) and the Football Association. It was a dream come true for the players who were watched by friends and family."
Wembley Challenge Tournament Final: Macho Mails 0 Magnificent XI 0 - The Mails won 3-2 on penalties. - the other six teams included were Crusaders, Littlewoods FM, Mirror Warriors, News Internationals, Television Tigers and Telegraph Guardians.

Schoolboy International: 10 June 1995 - England 2 Germany 4 - Michael Owen scored one of England's goals. Michael Ball again was a teammate.

Concert: 17 June 1995 - Rod Stewart 'A Spanner in the Works' tour (83,000).
Concert: 23-25 June 1995 - Bon Jovi 'These Days' tour - supported by Van Halen.
Concert: 11, 15-16 July 1995 - Rolling Stones 'Voodoo Lounge' tour - supported by Black Crowes

Season 1995-96

Rugby League - "1995 saw a new-style World Cup tournament kick off at Wembley (on 7 October 1995 in front of 41,271), with a lavish opening ceremony which included performances from Diana Ross and Carol Decker. This time, it was England who defeated Australia 20-16 to raise hopes that the old enemy could at last be vanquished. But three weeks later (28 October 1995 in front of 66,540) the invincible Aussie machine exacted revenge by 16-8 in the final." - Status Quo provided the Final pre-match entertainment.

Schoolboy International: 9 March 1996 - England 2 Spain 3 - a young Franny Jeffers scored the second of England's goals.

12 May 1996 - "The first Carlsberg Pub Cup Final was played at Wembley in 1996, before the FA Vase Final..." - Dawlish Town Sports & Social Club 0 Grimesthorpe Miners Welfare 0.  Dawlish won 4-2 on penalties.

"If Wembley was no longer restricted to the best in the football world, it could still at least put on a great show when the best in town were and 'Euro 96' produced some of the stadium's finest memories. The European Championship revoked the spirit of thirty years earlier and England almost repeated their earlier success. They certainly made their mark on the tournament and were unlucky to lose on penalties."

European Championship Final: 30 June 1996 - Czech Republic 1 Germany 2 (73,611).

Concert: 6 July 1996 -The Three Tenors - Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti.
Concert: 13-14 July 1996 - Eagles 'Hell Freezes Over' tour. - supported by Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
Concert: 20-21 July - Tina Turner 'Wildest Dreams' tour - supported by Toto and Steve Lukather.
Concert: 27 July 1996 - Bryan Adams '18 Ttil I Die' tour - supported by Del Amitri.

Season 1996-97

Concert: 3 August 1996 - Eagles 'Hell Freezes Over' tour. - supported by Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
"...and the winners returned to contest an international challenge against the Danish Pub Cup winners later in the year."
Carlsberg Pub International: 22 September 1996 - Brigade Bodega (Denmark) 1 Dawlish Town Sports & Social Club 0. - Dawlish were winners of the Carlsberg Pub Cup.

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This is the first time England have lost a World Cup match at Wembley Stadium, the 31st match, after nearly forty years. The thirtieth time England have failed to score.

Schoolboy International: 7 June 1997 - England 2 Germany 1 (39,000) - The England side featured a young Joe Cole, Leon Osman and Stephen Warnock.
 
Concert: 28 June 1997 - Noel Richards & his Band - National Day of Prayer and Worship 'Champion Of The World' (almost 45,000) - The stadium staged the country's biggest ever Christian Praise concert. - supported by Gerald Coates, The Wades, Matt Redman & Band, Delirious? and Sue Rinaldi.
Concert: 12, 15 & 17 July 1997 - Michael Jackson 'HIStory' world tour (212,601 over the three nights) - supported by Grace and Human Nature.

Concert: 22-23 August 1997 - U2 'Popmart' world tour (144,308 over the two nights) - supported by Longpigs and Audioweb

Rugby Union: 27 November 1997 - "Wales made Wembley their home from 1997-99, so that Cardiff Arms Park could be transformed into the Millennium Stadium for the World Cup." - Wales lost to New Zealand 42-7.

Rugby Union Five Nations Championship: 7 March 1998 - Wales beat Scotland 19-13.
Schoolboy International: 14 March 1998 - England 0 Brazil 0 (50,787) - The last schoolboy international at the stadium featured Jermain Defoe and Jay Bothroyd in the England line-up. Referee, 57 year-old George Courtney, was making his fifteenth appearance at the stadium, sent off the Brazilian goalkeeper Rubinho, for handling outside of the area.
Rugby Union Five Nations Championship: 5 April 1998 - Wales 0 France 51.

Concert: 6-7 June 1998 - Billy Joel and Elton John 'Face To Face' tour. - The tour began on 4 March in Perth, Australia, eventually reaching Glasgow on 2 June. The next date was set for Manchester on 4 June, but because Billy had suffered a 'severe asthma attack' the Manchester concert was cancelled and he returned to the US, leaving Elton to continue the tour alone.

Season 1998-99

Concert: 5 September 1998 - The Bee Gees 'One Night Only' tour - supported by Tina Arena.
Concert: 19-20 September 1998 - The Spice Girls 'Spiceworld' tour (144,308 over the two nights) - The Spice Girls were, at this stage, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm and Victoria Adams - the latter of course, became Mrs. David Beckham the following summer (4 July 1999). The tour ended at the stadium, after beginning in Dublin in the February.
   

"The stadium never failed to excite with new competitions and in 1998 and '99, an ambitious experiment saw Arsenal playing their home games in the Champions League at Wembley. Sadly, despite some very attractive fixtures and full houses, they failed to progress to the last 16 in both years."
"Arsenal's experimental move to Wembley for their Champions League campaign kicked off 25 minutes late because of traffic problems."
UEFA Champions League Group E: 30 September 1998 - Arsenal 2 Panathinaikos 1 (73,455).

Rugby Union Autumn International: 14 November 1998 - Wales 20 South Africa 28.

"The last [greyhound] race was in December 1998, won by a dog called Ballistic Missile."

Rugby Union Five Nations Championship: 20 February 1999 - Wales 23 Ireland 29.

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Rugby Union Five Nations Championship: 11 April 1999 - Wales 32 England 31.

Silk Cut Challenge Cup (Rugby League) Final: 1 May 1999 - "Leeds Rhinos won the last Wembley final with a record victory of 52-16 against London Broncos. Leroy Rivett became the first man to score four tries in the final."
Under-18 Schools International: 8 May 1999 - England 1 Netherlands U17 2 (33,012).

Scholes becomes the first England player to be sent off at Wembley. The 23rd scoreless draw at Wembley, the 35th time England have failed to score.

Concert: 11-12 June 1999 - Rolling Stones 'No Security' tour (139,962 across both nights) - supported by Sheryl Crow
Concert: 26 June 1999 - The Toxic Twin Towers Ball - headlined by Aerosmith, which also featured live sets from Lenny Kravitz, Stereophonics, The Black Crowes and 3 Colours Red.
"A day of Under-16 internationals for both sexes was also held in 1999."
4 July 1999: Under-16 Girls' International - England 5 Scotland 0 & Under-16 International - England 2 Argentina 1 (14,000).
Concert: 10-11 July 1999 - Celine Dion 'Let's Talk About Love' world tour (122,397 across both nights) - supported by Mike & the Mechanics.

Under-18 Schools International: 25 March 2000 - England 0 Hungary 1.
2 & 9 April 2000 - The FA Cup semi-finals returned for one last time in 2000. (Aston Villa 0 Bolton Wanderers 0, Villa won 4-2 on penalties, & Chelsea 2 Newcastle United 1)
16 April 2000 - "An hour or so after the end of the Auto Windscreens Shield final (Bristol City 1 Stoke City 2 (75,057)), the stadium staged its first and only Youth Alliance Cup final with about 700 allowed in to see it."
Youth Alliance Cup Final - Scunthorpe United 0 West Bromwich Albion 0 - Albion won 3-2 on penalties.

Season 2000-01

2 November 2000 - "There was also the AXA Final Ball, where 2,000 guests in a specially-built structure on what was left of the pitch, watched Sir Elton John performing a charity show for the NSPCC. He was joined on stage by Chris De Burgh, Jools Holland, The Bootleg Beatles and Lesley Garrett. This was the stadium's very last event."

"The next few weeks saw a hectic schedule of corporate and charity matches played behind closed doors and the famous turf took a battering during a very wet autumn."