Liverpool and Manchester City fans have jointly condemned the ‘shambolic’ travel arrangements for their FA Cup semi-final.
Supporters of both Jurgen Klopp’s side and the Premier League champions face travel disruption due to Network Rail’s scheduled maintenance plans.
No direct trains are set to run between London and Merseyside or Manchester as a result of the engineering work taking place during the Easter weekend.
All services from Liverpool Lime Street will terminate at Rugby while routes from Manchester Piccadilly are set to reach a dead end at Milton Keynes.
The Football Association is liaising with both clubs in efforts to minimise the disruption for those heading to Wembley on the weekend of April 16 and 17.
However Spirit of Shankly and City’s 1894 Group have urged English football’s governing body to consider moving their semi-final to an alternative venue.
“For the other semi-final between Chelsea and Crystal Palace, Wembley makes sense. For Liverpool and City it makes no sense,” read a joint statement.
“The FA statement on the matter claims they are looking for a solution and twice mentions supporters, yet fails to include us in any ongoing conversation.
“We are asking both clubs, the FA and Wembley to reconsider where this game is played and, for once, to put the fans at the forefront of their thinking.
“City and Liverpool are less than 40 miles apart and there are plenty of grounds big enough far closer than Wembley to stage such a prestigious game.
“We appreciate ties of this magnitude need forward planning, but the issue of how two sets of supporters will be able to travel and watch their teams has been ignored.
“Network Rail will have had their works scheduled, as is often the case over public holidays, for months. Did the FA in their planning of such a large-scale event not think to check for disruption to travelling fans in advance?
“We urge those in charge to think again and move the venue.”
Liverpool booked their place in the semi-finals courtesy of Diogo Jota’s late strike at Nottingham Forest which helped them edge out the last-eight clash.