The 2026 Community Shield won’t be performed at its typical residence of Wembley this Sunday with the sport as a substitute happening 150 miles away in Cardiff.
The season’s ‘conventional curtain raiser’, which this 12 months might be contested by FA Cup winners Manchester Metropolis and Premier League champions Arsenal, has needed to be switched.
Wembley has already been booked and so the groups and followers will re-locate to the Welsh capital.
An FA statement read: “The 2026 FA Neighborhood Protect might be performed at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday 16 August.
“The ‘curtain raiser’ for the brand new soccer season is historically performed on the weekend earlier than the Premier League begins.
“Resulting from alterations to the 2026-27 soccer calendar, subsequent season’s Premier League will start over the weekend of Saturday 22 August, and Wembley Stadium linked by EE is unavailable on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 August because of pre-planned live shows.”
Who’s acting at Wembley?
Wembley has already been booked for Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd.
The R&B artist, whose actual title is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, will carry out in London for 5 nights, from August 14 to August 19.
It means the FA will once more use Cardiff as its base because it did when Wembley was being refurbished.
The assertion added: “The Welsh nationwide stadium has a wealthy historical past of internet hosting main soccer occasions, together with the FA Neighborhood Protect on six events between 2001 and 2006, and it gives a impartial venue for the competing golf equipment in addition to one of many largest capacities in the UK for followers to attend.”
Manchester Metropolis versus Arsenal kicks off at 3pm on Sunday afternoon.
You may watch it on TNT Sports activities 1 and stream by way of HBO Max.
