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Man City boss questions 'strange' Continental Cup final venue choice for Chelsea Women fixture
04.03.2022 - 13:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Gareth Taylor admits the choice to host the Continental Cup final at AFC Wimbledon is a strange one, as he prepares to take his Manchester City Women side to face Chelsea in the showpiece event on Sunday.
City are in London this weekend, looking for their first silverware of the season after a testing campaign that has seen them out of contention for the Women's Super League title following a nightmare start on and off the pitch. Now, with key players back from injury, City have lost just one game in 12 to reach the Continental Cup final against Chelsea — the only side to beat them in that run.
The final will be held at AFC Wimbledon's new Plough Lane stadium, just five miles from Chelsea's home at Kingsmeadow. In fact, Kingsmeadow is the ground where AFC Wimbledon's men's team played until their move back to their historic home of Plough Lane in late 2020.
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And Taylor admitted the choice of venue was curious, even if he accepted the decision was made well before Chelsea's involvement in the final was confirmed.
"It’s a bit strange, the location," he said. You’d think it would be more central in the UK. This was decided a long time ago, it was Watford last season on the north side of London and now we’re in the central London.
"We seem to be getting closer and couldn’t be any closer to Chelsea than playing at Chelsea. The venue was set a long time ago. The fact is it’s a neutral venue."
The 9,200-capacity stadium is sold out for the final, and will be broadcast live on BBC Two, with Taylor saying full stadiums are better than holding these events in bigger locations with thousands of empty seats.
"Maybe that's why they had it
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