Football clubs could soon bring a whole new
meaning to the __1__ ‘match of the day’. A change in Britain’s Marriage
Act now allows couples to marry __2__ churches and register offices. The
act stipulates that ceremonies take place in a dignified setting, but
football clubs are also applying ___3___ permission to hold marriage
ceremonies. Currently, only the Royal Pavilion, a seaside palace in
Brighton, __4__ permission to tie the knot. But, as Wembley Stadium
representative Martin Corrie told The Guardian, ‘It would be a nice
change, because normally when two parties come here one of them goes
home __5___.’ Wendy O’Brien, sales coordinator of Coventry City
Football Club, argues that ‘there is no _6___ why couples can’t have
their pictures __7__ by goal posts, on the centre spot or even in their
seats’. She adds: ‘They __8___ also bring 22,000 to their wedding,
although I don’t think they ___9___ to buy the food for them all. They
could have the ceremony in one room, the _10____ in another, and then a
tour of the ground.’ Earlier this year, the Royal Pavilion married off
its first lovestruck couples.
1. term 2. outside 3. for 4. has been given 5. unhappy 6. reason 7. taken 8. must 9. would want 10. reception