The UK and Ireland has submitted its final list of ten stadiums to host Euro 2028 – with some shock omissions.
The deadline for applications to host the football tournament is today, with the government already giving the green light for it to go ahead.
GettyWembley Stadium was always a shoe-in to host games at Euro 2028[/caption]
Considering the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium cost £1BILLION to build, it had to be selectedRex
AlamyManchester City’s Etihad sure has the winning mentality[/caption]
Turkey are the rivals to host the iconic competition.
The Football Associations of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Republic of Ireland have met to thrash out the finer details.
And the lucky ten venues have been decided upon.
Big stadiums to miss out are Manchester United‘s Old Trafford and Liverpool’s Anfield.
Though this might not be entirely surprising.
United legend Gary Neville has slammed the owners the Glazers for letting Old Trafford ‘rust’ and says it need £1BILLION in renovations.
And Anfield’s pitch is too SMALL to meet Uefa guidelines and cannot be extended.
England’s capital city London has two hosting venues – Wembley and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Pacemaker PressNorthern Ireland has made sure to get in on the action with the Casement Park – though like Everton it too will undergo huge redevelopment[/caption]
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PAEngland might fancy some of their games inside the booming St James’ Park[/caption]
GettyHampden Park will once again do Scotland proud[/caption]
GettyAston Villa’s famous old Villa Park stadium has made the cut[/caption]
PAEverton’s new £600m stadium has yet to be built but has been selected[/caption]
GettyThe Principality Stadium in Cardiff is as majestic as they come[/caption]
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Wembley, the national stadium, has a whopping 90,000 capacity to dwarf the other stadia on the list.
And of course it hosted final heartbreak for England at Euro 2020 when Gareth Southgate’s boys were defeated by Italy on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
There were ugly scenes BEFORE the game too when fans without tickets piled into the national stadium.
This led to England receiving a two-match stadium ban.
Considering Spurs spent £1BILLION on their 62,850-capacity offering, their inclusion could be expected.
Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium (capacity of 53,400), Newcastle’s St James’ Park (52,305), and Everton’s not-yet-built Bramley-Moore Dock stadium (52,888) are the country’s northern choices.
Aston Villa’s Villa Park is doing the Midlands proud and can house 42,640 fans.
Wales will have the 74,500 capacity Principality Stadium, Scotland the iconic Hampden Park that can cater for 51,866 people.
Over the water, Belfast’s Casement Park is selected for Northern Ireland, while the 51,700-capacity Aviva Dublin is the venue for the Green Isle.
The Casement will undergo a huge renovation and feature a bowl-like design to host around 35,000 fans.
And to comply with Uefa rules, the stadia will have to lose their sponsored names – so the Etihad is likely to be renamed ‘The City of Manchester Stadium’, for example.
Liverpool’s Anfield home has failed to make the cut as the pitch is ‘too small’Rex
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