FA want fans in Wembley for England international
THE FA are hopeful of welcoming England fans back to Wembley for October’s triple-header.
Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions face back-to-back Nations League away fixtures in Iceland and Denmark.
Those matches will be played behind closed doors due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but FA chief executive Mark Bullingham is keen to work with the government to allow some supporters in for the home games the following month.
“One decision UEFA confirmed is there won’t be any fans in stadia in September, from our point of view it is a shame that fans won’t be able to attend any matches in person but we do have great broadcast partners,” he said.
“We hope that by our three home games in October there will be some change to that and we would like to get some fans into Wembley then.
“To what level, we have got to work out with both UEFA and the government - we are not talking about full stadia but we are talking about having some level of crowds back in October as our goal.”
England will host Wales in a friendly on October 8 before two more Nations League Group 2 fixtures against Belgium and Denmark.
“We’d love to get fans back in the stadia for all three matches in October,” added Bullingham.
“In October I think it will be a different set of circumstances to be discussed.
“The pandemic is so hard to predict but there are radically different situations in the countries and you’ve got to adapt.
“We all view that international football is really important to fans and the country as a whole.
“We have lost two international windows in March and June and feel this is the right time for it to come back.”