wait, is that a pic from today? I mean a pic from Wembley during FA Cup semi-final?
Yep, that was from today. Horrible to think of hosting a FA Cup semifinal at Wembley in such conditions (the rise in costs of living, expensive tickets, etc.).
Yep. It’s silly to have it at Wembley. I can’t remember the two stadiums they used to use for semi final, Villa Park was one, not sure the other? Was it Old Trafford?
Yep, Old Trafford last hosted a semifinal in 2007 (Blackburn Rovers vs. Chelsea).
The most recurrent formula was to have Old Trafford and Villa Park as the venues for the semifinals. On some occasions where 2 London-based clubs would cross swords in a semifinal, one of the nearby stadiums would be used as such (Highbury last hosted a semifinal between Chelsea and Wimbledon in 1997). Maine Road and Hillsborough also used to host semifinal replays. The point remains that plenty of good stadiums remain far more accessible for FA Cup semis than Wembley.