Manchester, Liverpool mayors want FA Cup semi to be moved from London
The HinduThe mayors of Greater Manchester and Liverpool have asked the Football Association to move next month's FA Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Liverpool to be moved from Wembley due to a lack of train services to London that weekend. City and Liverpool will meet over the Easter weekend but the mayors said the match would be difficult for fans to attend as engineering work scheduled for April 16-17 means there will be no direct trains to London from Manchester and Merseyside. RELATED | "This leaves tens of thousands of fans from all over our region in an unfair position, as supporters' groups from both clubs have made clear today," Mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram said in a joint letter to the FA Chair Debbie Hewitt. The mayors added that rising fuel prices would burden fans with excessive costs while there were also "significant logistical and safety considerations" with thousands of fans converging on the M6 motorway.
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