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Probably depends how FIFA define "cities" - if you go by unitary authority then both OT and CoM could be used, although if you took the wider view you'd struggle to argue that they aren't both in what is widely perceived as Manchester.
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bramleyrhino wrote:It's a little bit more complicated than that.
You are only allowed one city to have two host venues. London will probably have Wembley and The Emirates which would probably rule out the City of Manchester Stadium.
That said, it'd be interesting if Everton do end up moving to Kirkby.
But then you could just replace the COM with Villa Park without too much problem, and there a few other 40k+ grounds anyway
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Oldham Rhino wrote:Derby have a stadium that is up to scratch as well.
Not at present. Don't FIFA impose a minimum 40,000 criteria for the stadiums as well as the one stadium, one city rule?
At the moment we have stadiums that fit the bill in
London
Manchester
Birmingham
Liverpool
Leeds
Newcastle
Sunderland
That's seven with five cities/towns needing upgraded stadiums.
Possibly Sheffield, Derby, Middlesbrough, Leicester and Southampton??
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D.D. wrote:Not at present. Don't FIFA impose a minimum 40,000 criteria for the stadiums as well as the one stadium, one city rule?
At the moment we have stadiums that fit the bill in
London Manchester Birmingham Liverpool Leeds Newcastle Sunderland
That's seven with five cities/towns needing upgraded stadiums.
Possibly Sheffield, Derby, Middlesbrough, Leicester and Southampton??
Not certain, but I think Hillsborough just gets 40k in. As mentioned before, you can have 2 stadiums in 1 city, so that's another one in as well, probably the Emirates.
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Lord_Percy wrote:Not certain, but I think Hillsborough just gets 40k in. As mentioned before, you can have 2 stadiums in 1 city, so that's another one in as well, probably the Emirates.
Just googled it, Hillsborough holds 39,812. Don't think it would take too much work to get the extra 188 seats in!
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