England are the tail to the Premier League’s kite, and at Wembley in a friendly against Norway a new low will be reached. A squad of mid-table debutants, bench players and some undoubted stars (Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge) will perform before a small audience, the size of which will reflect mass disengagement from the England ‘experience’. Ahead of them lies a tricky Euro 2016 qualifier in Switzerland and competitive home games against San Marino and Slovenia. There could be no better time to accept the truth about our so-called ‘national stadium.’ The logic on which it was constructed – flawed from the beginning – is now in shreds. Wembley was a monumental folly that cost £757 million. It expressed the FA’s warped view of English football’s health and its standing in the world.