
Police and stewarding numbers will be ramped up for Sunday's Carabao Cup showpiece between Chelsea and Liverpool, the first major final to take place at Wembley Stadium since the crowd chaos that marred the conclusion to last summer’s European Championship.
The Casey Report into the day of "national shame" at Wembley last July, when thousands of ticketless fans stormed the gates ahead of England's first major final since 1966, slammed the policing and stewarding operation carried out by the Football Association (FA), Brent Council and the Metropolitan Police.