Young football fans are BANNED from the Carabao Cup final between Manchester City and Tottenham

Manchester City and Tottenham fans under the age of 18 will not be allowed to attend the Carabao Cup final next weekend under Government rules.

It was confirmed last week that the Wembley final will act as an official pilot event with fans in attendance as part of the UK Government’s road map out of lockdown.

Tottenham and Manchester City have each been allocated 2,000 tickets for the game on April 25 but, as final ticket details emerged on Tuesday, there will be no under-18s or pregnant women allowed to attend. 

Man City and Tottenham fans under the age of 18 will not be allowed at the Carabao Cup final 

Wembley will hold 8,000 on the day, with other tickets going to NHS staff and Brent residents

The fixture – being used as a pilot event to gauge the logistics of the return of big crowds – will be attended by 8,000 supporters, with the 4,000 not allocated to either club offered to NHS staff and residents of nearby Brent.   

Supporters wishing to attend the match will need to provide proof of a negative lateral flow coronavirus test within 24 hours of kick-off. 

Fans will need to send off for a PCR Covid-19 test to take at home as close as possible to the game, and take another test within five days after the match.

They will also need to travel to a lateral flow testing site for a further test before the match.

Proof of a negative result from that lateral flow test would be needed to gain entry to Wembley and also to access either of the public transport options being provided for travel to London from the north-west.

City confirmed that 1,750 of their tickets would be made available to eligible supporters based in and around Greater Manchester, with the remaining 250 for qualifying fans based in London and the Home Counties.

For the 1,750 travelling down, there would be 750 standard and first-class train ticket spaces, 750 coach spaces and 250 car parking spaces.

The trains and coaches will be chartered exclusively for the use of Manchester City supporters, the club said.

Tickets for both sets of supporters are priced at £50 and £40.

The match will be the first outdoor sports event with supporters of the teams involved in attendance this year.

The FA Cup semi-final between Leicester and Southampton will welcome in 4,000 spectators but these will be a mixture of local residents and key workers from the area around Wembley.

It is expected that a similar system of testing will be implemented for that match as well.

More to follow. 

Fans wishing to attend will need to provide proof of a negative lateral flow coronavirus test