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Article: Soc: Eriksson gets World Cup boost with FA Cup final change
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- March 4, 2005
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
03-04-2005
Soc: Eriksson gets World Cup boost with FA Cup final change
LONDON, March 3 AFP - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has won his battle to secure
a four-week gap before next year's World Cup finals after it was announced today the FA
Cup final will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2006 in the first match at the new Wembley
Stadium.
The FA's decision to bring forward the date of the final by a week, and the knock-on
effect of the Premier League ending a week earlier than normal, came after speculation
that the only way England's Swedish boss could get the gap required under FIFA rules was
to go against tradition and play the Cup final in midweek rather than ...