Women's Euros 2022: FA bite back at criticism of venues

Women's Euros 2022: FA bite back at criticism of venues: But in a Zoom interview with reporters, FA chief executive Mark Bullingham and FA Chair Debbie Hewitt both rejected the criticisms and said that efforts were made to take the tournament to the biggest clubs and stadiums in the country. "In terms of the venues, they were chosen in 2019," Bullingham said. "And the absolute truth of it is we did a tender process throughout every major ground and city in the country and there were very few that came forward in wanting to host the women's Euros. "We actually had to persuade a few clubs and cities to come forward so we are actually very happy with where we got to. "We think we have got some brilliant venues, but if you think people were knocking our door down to host matches, that was not the case. "Overall, I think we are really proud of the fact we have sold more than 430,000 tickets the record for women's Euros before was 240,000, we would hope to be over 500,000 so think it will be a fantastic tournament that will raise the profile of the women's game."