England will play their June Nations League fixtures against Italy and Hungary at Wolverhampton’s Molineux Stadium. The game against Italy on June 11 will be held behind closed doors, after UEFA passed sanctions on England after crowd trouble during the final of the 2020 European Championship. However, the fixture against Hungary on June 14 will be open to supporters. The Italy encounter will be the eighth game since 2016 that England have played a home fixture away from Wembley, having previously played games in Sunderland, Manchester, Leeds, and Middlesbrough. England last played at Molineux in 1956, beating Denmark 5-2 in a qualifier for the 1958 World Cup. England Women will also play Germany in the Arnold Clark Cup on February 23. Manager Gareth Southgate said: “While Wembley is our home, we very much enjoy taking the squad on the road where possible, particularly in the run up to a major tournament.“2022 promises to be an exciting adventure for England fans and it is great that one of English football’s famous stadiums will be a part of that. I know from my time in charge of the U21s how much a Molineux crowd embraces the experience of international football, so we look forward to returning to Wolverhampton in June.”(Photo: Jack Thomas – WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images)
