Liverpool Heading to the Racecourse

TNS have confirmed the "home" leg of their Champions League qualifier against Liverpool will be played at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground.

TNS had considered moving the tie to Everton's Goodison Park or the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff with their Treflan ground unable to host European games, however, out of their two inititial choices of Newtown's Latham Park and Wrexham's Racecourse Ground, it is the troubled League Two side who will host the match with the Champions League holders.

TNS managing director Mike Harris said: "Having weighed up all the possible options, we are more than happy to play the game in Wrexham."

The tie will be played on 19 July while the first leg will be at Anfield on 13 July, both ties having a kick-off time at 1945 BST.

"The Millennium Stadium probably wouldn't be available to us as there's a three-day convention being held there in the days prior to the game.

"We decided taking the second leg to Anfield would've been too much trouble to organise. And how many of our fans would've actually wanted to travel to Liverpool for it?"

The Racecourse Ground has a European game capacity of 10,000 (with the Kop terrace behind one of the goals closed) where TNS played last season in the UEFA Cup against Swedish side Osters IF.