March 28th, 2011
Alex Ferguson is predicting “absolute chaos” on FA Cup semi-final weekend.
With both matches at Wembley and all four teams heading down from the north west, travel routes are going to be congested on a weekend that also includes Arsenal’s high-profile Premier League encounter with Liverpool, plus the London Marathon.
Ferguson has never viewed Wembley as an ideal venue for the FA Cup semi-finals anyway.
But this season, he feels it makes even less sense.
“There will be 60,000 people coming down from Manchester – think about how much petrol is used for that?” he said.
“Think of the amount of people from the north west driving down there.
“Stoke fans, Bolton fans, City fans, United fans – and on the same weekend Liverpool fans are travelling down.
