Women’s football record: 90,000 tickets sold for the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley

Women’s football is growing by leaps and bounds and one of the most complete examples of this phenomenon has occurred England, where it generated a new record at the box office. There are no more seats available in the stadium Wembley to the end FA cup that diff Chelsea And Manchester United.

Next may 14 there will be a perfect presence in the legendary london venue and 90 thousand viewers They will enjoy the show. And the amazing thing is that tickets sold out just under two weeks before the final and the A-mark New record For English football, where the women’s team match will be played for the first time in history in a full stadium in the United Kingdom.

It is enough to review the recent FA Cup finals to confirm the remarkable increase in stadium attendance. in 2022, 49,094 people Watch the match between Chelsea and Manchester City, which ended in the blue match. Since the final moved to Wembley in 2015, the number of fans in the stadiums has increased exponentially. In the first edition, there were 30,710 participants, but this number has gradually grown.

Chelsea are the recent champions of the tournament and just beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the semi-finals with a goal from Sam Kerr. For their part, Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 at the end of the game with goals from Lea Galton, Alicia Russo and Rachel Williams to go in search of the title at Wembley.

Attendance figures for Women’s Premier League matches have doubled since the 2018-19 season, when an average of 1,000 people attended domestic league matches. Now, the number has risen to an average of 6,000 spectators who turn up every weekend. On Sunday 14 May, Wembley will be looking complete, as in his best clothes. The offer is guaranteed.

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