Move the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Manchester City – The Warm-Up

TUESDAY’S BIG STORIES How will we get to Wembley? Ad/> Ask Liverpool fans next season where they were when they took a giant stride towards the quadruple and they'll likely respond, «not at Wembley, pal.» Premier LeagueKlopp hails Diaz: ‘He is not far away’ from producing a miracle3 HOURS AGO The FA has doubled down on the ridiculous decision to host a semi-final on a weekend when the city is off limits to fans of the two clubs, the latest in a spree of decisions that defy common sense in our beautiful sport. Don't drag two sets of supporters down the country when there are no trains. Etc.

On the sliding scale of morality, this isn't obviously as big an issue as some others. But it's still pretty miserable. A spate of cancellations mean there are no direct trains between Liverpool and Manchester City on the weekend of the FA Cup semi-finals, making it virtually impossible for fans to make the trip from their respective cities on a single day.

[Insert hilarious joke about how it would have been easy for Man Utd fans to make it to London and back on the same day] We know the FA doesn't set the train timetables, but they were reportedly informed of the issues months ago and were insisting late on Monday night that the game would not be moved. Now we would have sympathy with the FA if the match involved a minnow, a side unlikely to have their day in the Wembley sun without the semi-finals being shoehorned into the national stadium. But these are the two best teams in the land.

Their fans are sick of Wembley. They don't need a weekend of replacement buses when there's a perfectly decent stadium down the road, Old Trafford, that could swoop in for hosting duties. The FA can lose one match, even if it means revising their