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« on: May 29, 2022, 12:45:14 »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61623919

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Hundreds of people have been queuing near Nottingham railway station ahead of the Championship play-off final in London later.

Nottingham Forest take on Huddersfield Town at Wembley and a win for the Reds would see them in the Premier League.

But some Forest fans due to travel by train have so far been unable to make the journey.

East Midlands Railway (EMR» (East Midlands Railway, also known as EMT» (East Midlands Trains - about) (East Midlands Trains) - about)) said it was running a full timetable and had "strengthened services where possible".

Stupid question - isn't there a suitable football stadium somewhere up north between the to teams?
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2022, 15:01:59 »

Not that would have been available after the two teams were decided in the semi-finals.
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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2022, 15:10:58 »

Graham -

They would still need transport to get there....your suggestion doesn't ease the problem, and probably compliucates it as train services aren't necessarily direct from both locations.
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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2022, 15:14:26 »

Not that would have been available after the two teams were decided in the semi-finals.

.....and they were only decided less than 2 weeks ago - can't just have stadiums and all their facilities, logistics etc available on the off chance at short notice - and they would need to be of adequate size etc which narrows it down even further.

The date and location has been in the calendar since the start of the season
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2022, 15:57:46 »

http://www.retrorailtours.co.uk/rt23.php
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2022, 17:20:47 »

Wembley is the traditional venue for play-offs and cup finals partly because fans and players look forward to the atmosphere of the big stadium (or are supposed to) but also because it is a neutral venue. And as said above, it's a known venue. As soon as you know your team are in the finals, you know where you need to get to.
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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2022, 17:27:14 »

Wembley is the traditional venue for play-offs and cup finals partly because fans and players look forward to the atmosphere of the big stadium (or are supposed to) but also because it is a neutral venue.
And cup semi-finals…
I think semi-finals at Wembley was done to increase the income for Wembley Stadium since it was rebuilt.  Obviously it could also be a coincidence.  Grin

Back in the day, FA cup semi-final venues were chosen from a select few reasonably large grounds at fairly short notice to fit in with competing team locations.
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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2022, 18:20:13 »

Back in the day, FA cup semi-final venues were chosen from a select few reasonably large grounds at fairly short notice to fit in with competing team locations.

Indeed. Grounds used between 1970 and 1993 included Villa Park, Hillsborough, Highbury, Maine Road, Goodison Park, White Hart Lane, Stamford Bridge.
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2022, 18:44:14 »

Only half of those are still in use!
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