Manchester Metropolis’s Joie Stadium is positioned near the Etihad Stadium, which is utilized by the membership’s first group.
Manchester Metropolis will host the FA Youth Cup remaining in opposition to Manchester United on the smaller Joye Stadium on Might 14 after turning down a proposal to maneuver the venue to Outdated Trafford.
Metropolis drew the sport at house, however Pep Guardiola’s first-team facet will be unable to make use of the primary pitch as they nonetheless have three Premier League house video games remaining.
There may be an 11-day hole between the sport in opposition to Crystal Palace and the ultimate sport of the season in opposition to Aston Villa, however membership officers insist that enjoying the ultimate in that house would take away important time to finish building work on the North Stand, which is because of open for Villa’s go to.
The membership has additionally booked a take a look at occasion for Might twentieth. As they’re confirmed as the house group, they really feel they’ve the suitable to not conform to the switch.
The final time they gained the trophy was in 2022, when greater than 60,000 folks gathered at Outdated Trafford to look at a group together with Coby Mainu and Alejandro Garnacho beat Nottingham Forest – when United advised Metropolis they have been prepared to host the match.
Metropolis mentioned no, so the match might be performed on the 7,000-capacity floor utilized by the membership’s Premier League 2 and girls’s groups.
The membership has beforehand used the stadium to host Youth Cup finals, however since 2000 all different internet hosting golf equipment have performed their matches on the most important stadium.
Two years in the past, a crowd of 20,000 watched Metropolis beat Leeds United within the remaining on the Etihad Stadium.
It is a repeat of the 1986 remaining, which was performed over two video games at Outdated Trafford and Maine Street and gained by Metropolis.
United officers really feel it is a mistake and can imply a lot of the gamers concerned will miss out on the expertise of what could possibly be the most important sport of their lives.
