There have also been complaints after the card payment system failed at Wembley Stadium.

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Sensing huge potential profits, newer entrants Fleer, Donruss, Score, Stadium Club and Upper Deck joined more established card company Topps in pursuit of large gains.

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Ben Watson scored on a header off Shaun Maloney's corner kick in the 90th minute at Wembley Stadium, six minutes after City defender Pablo Zabaleta was given a red card.

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Jones has already broken the league's stranglehold on promotional deals by selling "pouring rights" at Texas Stadium to Pepsi and making American Express the "official" Cowboys charge card four years ago.

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Vikings ownership has another card to play with the Minnesota legislature in its drive for public funding of a new stadium.

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