Full house on the cards for Wales.WALES are set to play Scotland on November 14, the first international match to be staged at Cardiff City's new stadium. The Football Association of Wales council yesterday agreed for the match to go ahead, and all that is needed now is for minor financial matters to be agreed with their Scottish counterparts. The match is expected to draw a 27,000 full house to Cardiff's impressive new ground, opposite their former Ninian Park Ninian Park is a football stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Currently, it is the home ground of Cardiff City F.C. home. The FAW FAW Florida Administrative Weekly FAW Football Association of Wales FAW Forschungsinstitut für Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung FAW First Auto Works (China) FAW First Aid at Work FAW Fleet Air Wing FAW Fire At Will have been looking for a new venue to take matches away from the vast Millennium Stadium UEFA 5-star rated football stadia • • [ in the city, where a 27,000 crowd would be lost in the 78,000-capacity national venue. It will be the first time the two home nations have met since Wales won 4-0 in front of 47,000 fans at the Millennium Stadium in February 2004, when Robert Earnshaw scored a hat-trick in a side that included Ryan Giggs, Gary Speed and Robbie Savage. Wales' squad assembled yesterday for the World Cup qualifiers in Finland on Saturday and Liechtenstein next Wednesday. Midfielder Joe Ledley will be assessed as the week progresses. The Cardiff man is suffering from a pelvic injury, but Wales hope he will be available for one of the two matches. The same applies to West Ham's Danny Gabbidon. |
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