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Anyone aware of where they're being held this season? Wembleys hosting the chumps league final, which uefa have said has to be held on the bank holiday weekend (I forget the actual dates).

Pretty sure I read somewhere the championship final is definatly on the bank holiday monday, but leagues one and two are up in the air right now I think. Old trafford have been asked to tender for the contract, whilst I also believe the emirates are rumoured to host it. Would have thought cardiff would have been the automatic choice though.

Any ideas/thoughts/preferences?

Though it is of course all academic for us, seeing as we shall win the league by march

this weekend?

I don't think they're being played this weekend. Normally they're played at the end of the season, and it'd be a shame to break with tradition.

Bollocks

Yeah they're replaying our game Ben haven't you heard?

The article was in the independent yesterday or the day before.

"Yet more fixture congestion and the new season has not even begun. At the back end of it will come the unlikely scenario of the FA Cup final being played on a regular Premier League Saturday, 14th May. The problem this time is caused by the Champions League final being at Wembley on 28th May, which means that Uefa insist on the stadium not being used for 10 days beforehand; a sensible precaution given the recent problems. So the teams involved (assuming they are from the top flight) will have to move their 14th May fixtures as soon as there identity is known, while most other scheduled games will be on the Sunday. There is a knock-on effect too for the Football League with at least two of the play-off finals having to be moved elsewhere, to the disappointment of lower league clubs missing out on a trip to Wembley. The League are seeking hefty financial compensation."

Whats the odds that it's the league one and two play-off finals that miss out?

Who fucking cares? The pitch is shite so playing somewhere else can only be good for the quality of football.

i think it would be a superb atmosphere at old trafford for the lower league finals, mind you anythings got to be better than the atmos at shay souless :-[

If they're moving, it'll be odds on to be at Cardiff, unless it's unavailable for some reason.

Been to Wembley,done that now. If we are fortunate enough to make the final again I don't care where it is. A stadium with a proper football pitch would be nice.

emirates is nice

It only holds 60,000 though

How many did we take?


I agree it'll be the millenium stadium tho anyway.

The total attendance was 73,108

Yes but we didn't take half of that. How many tickets was it we sold? 27,000 or something?

I wish Wembley had hosted the CL final this season.

We'd probably be in the Championship!

This scenario is what Fitton was referring to after our p/o final defeat when he said "the sooner these games are at the Millennium Stadium the better". I've been there a couple of times & it's fucking tremendous. Superb city centre location too, & surrounded by pubs/bars - some hideous modern theme-bars, & some brilliant spit-&-sawdust places where you feel as if you've stepped back into the 70's.

We sold 32000 tickets.