It's nearly two months since the demolition crew at Wembley Stadium began its work and they're already a week ahead of schedule. TheFA.com decided to go and check out the site before it all disappears:

Anyone walking out of Wembley Park tube station yesterday would have wondered what the fuss was about. The twin towers were still standing and the front of the stadium looked little different from that fateful October day in 2001 when the venue hosted England for the last time. 

But at the foot of the stadium, at the end of the Wembley Way, a menagerie of machines - from trucks and cranes to earthmovers and pile drivers - could be seen scuttling backwards and forwards. Something had to be going on.

It was only when we arrived at the offices of Wembley National Stadium Limited, the subsidiary company of The FA that is responsible for the project, that we could see just how much has already been done.

The 11th floor windows afforded a perfect view of the site. It was a breathtaking and surreal scene.

At one end of the ground, behind the where the goal used to be, a gaping whole had been torn in the building, so we could see right in to where the pitch used to be.

The specially-built cranes, nicknamed Goliath, have literally chewed their way though the walls of the stadium.

Showing no mercy to the end that saw Geoff Hurst's climactic goal against West Germany hit the back of the net, the machines have had the last word. It really is all over.

Entering the stadium via the players' tunnel, a quick Land Rover tour of the site courtesy of builders Multiplex revealed the full extent of the work. All round the stadium, the first tier of seats have been removed and the roof torn down.

The lush Wembley turf has been replaced by mountains of earth and rubble. It's a playing surface more suited to Neil Armstrong than Sir Stanley Matthews. The inside of the stadium is out of bounds, even to the most intrepid reporter.

The Royal Box, the Changing Rooms and even the toilets, which every fan will remember without shedding a tear, are all on the brink of extinction.

Where the hole has appeared, the concrete superstructure has been pared away, leaving only a steel skeleton, and even that is due to go soon - a team of welders is standing by to start.

For fans around the world, it won't really hit home that a new stadium is on its way until they see the towers come down. Well, they won't have long to wait. Football's most famous landmarks are due to come down before Christmas, to be replaced by a huge arch, that will reach four times higher in to the north London sky, as the new symbol of English football.

For the official Wembley Stadium website please click here.

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