A place in the final awaits as Cole Palmer faces his former club at Wembley
The winner will face Manchester United or Coventry in the final
Sixteen months after it was mothballed following a fatal crush during a concert by Nigerian afrobeat star Asake, Brixton Academy reopened its doors last night. In December 2022, 23-year-old security guard Gaby Hutchinson and 33-year-old concertgoer Rebecca Ikumelo were killed due to a stampede at the entrance, with overcrowding, duplicate tickets and lax security blamed. Lambeth Council permitted the Academy to re-open once it had met 77 “extensive and robust” new safety conditions.