This one again.Fills a few column inches and the FA still get their money. Only a fans boycott will make the FA think twice and that is never going to happen. FA Cup semi finals are now a permanent fixture at Wembley and always will be.
To be fair its the biggest venue and gives more fans a chance to see the games, I would have made the Chelsea semi last year in a smaller ground. Also everyone moaned about the old venue so the FA went out and built a large modern ground. This needs to be paid for hence the semis at Wembley. Sometimes people moan for the sake of moaning - I blame the daily Mail
The "more fans can see the game" line is pathetic, all the footballing authorities care about is raking in the cash.The wants and desires of supporters and the history of the competition come way behind the financial factor.
No way should they be at Wembley. It should go on the geography of who is in the semis. Old Trafford or Eastlands are large enough up North, Villa Park in Midlands and Emirates in the South. Those venues could deal with whoever is in the semis and mean lots less travelling for the majority of fans.
Quote from: sidcowans10 on April 14, 2011, 08:20:09 PMNo way should they be at Wembley. It should go on the geography of who is in the semis. Old Trafford or Eastlands are large enough up North, Villa Park in Midlands and Emirates in the South. Those venues could deal with whoever is in the semis and mean lots less travelling for the majority of fans. So if they aren't travelling south - where would you play city united this weekend? Newcastle? Sunderland - aint no other options and even they mean 40,000 don't get to see the game - or don't they count cause they're glory huntin mancs?Anfield or Goodison or B6
it's not if you consider that 32,000 tickets are currently available to each side. If the game was held at Old Trafford (obviously wouldn't be chosen for utd vs city, but it might be for bolton vs stoke), and they split the capacity between the two sides, without any extras for corporates or wherever it is they go, then there'd (potentially) be more tickets available for each team.