Liverpool supporters' union 'appalled' by FA Cup travel plans as FA release statement ahead of Man City semi-final

Spirit of Shankly, the Liverpool supporters’ union, say they are “appalled” by the “shambolic travel arrangements” that have seen trains from Merseyside to London cancelled on the weekend of the FA Cup semi-final.

And the Football Association have confirmed they are in contact with Liverpool and Manchester City to devise a solution for a problem that will impact tens of thousands.

The Reds booked their place in the last four of the FA Cup when they beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at the City Ground on Sunday evening, thanks to Diogo Jota's late strike.

It has set up a first semi-final in the FA Cup for the club since 2015 as they get set to go head-to-head with their Premier League title rivals City at Wembley over the weekend of April 16.

However, both sets of supporters face a logistical nightmare to get to the national stadium due to no running trains from the North West to the capital over the Easter weekend.

Avanti West Coast confirmed that it will not be running any trains into London Euston from April 15 to 18 because of engineering work that is scheduled to take place across a number of locations.

The travel company said that further work is also slated on the West Coast Main Line, which will cause further alterations and disruption for travellers.

Services from Liverpool Lime Street will start and terminate at Rugby across the long weekend, while trains from Manchester Piccadilly will begin and end at Milton Keynes Central and run via Stoke-on-Trent.

In a tweet sent out on Monday afternoon, Liverpool fan group SOS said they were "appalled" at what they labelled "shambolic travel arrangements" before confirming they were in discussions with their Man City counterparts about what could be done.

SOS tweeted: "Fan