Wembley semi final match day scenes – Man City v Southampton
My last post from Wembley was a few weeks back when Manchester City beat Arsenal to win the Carabao Cup Final. It was another of the regular trips to the national stadium for the football team and supporters – and I’ve included a straight copy and paste from the last post in italics below.
For the last 16 years Manchester City have made the trip to Wembley at least once a year. In some years it’s been two or three times.
I think this years appearance in the Carabao Cup Final made it about 32 appearances at Wembley in that time.
By any measure that’s a remarkable achievement.
Even football fans that don’t favour City, dislike the club or perhaps look on with envy have to acknowledge the remarkable and exceptional events of the last 16 years.
Although Manchester City win a lot they do lose as well. In fact have have lost the last couple of FA Cup finals they have played in. These were the FA Cup final defeats to Crystal Palace in 2025 and the 2024 FA Cup defeat by Manchester United.
The last FA Cup final Manchester City won was went they beat Manchester United on the way to a magnificent treble in 2023.
The game against Southampton provided the opportunity to get to another and at the same time set a new record for a football club of appearing in four consecutive FA Cup finals.
Once again Manchester City delivered on the big stage.
This isn’t a match report
There are plenty of match reports online – you can read the BBC report here or head to Man City’s own web site here or the Southampton club web site at this link. This post is the usual collection of match day images from around the stadium and local area.
Picture set
Click any image to open the picture gallery of Wembley semi final day scenes. The picture set can then be clicked or scrolled through.
