<P> The FA Cup semi-finals are played to determine which teams will contest the FA Cup Final . They are the penultimate phase of the FA Cup, the oldest football tournament in the world . </P> <P> The semi-finals have always been contested at neutral venues . Since 2008, all semi-finals have been held at Wembley . In the past any suitably large ground which was not the home ground of a teams in that semi-final was used . Villa Park in Birmingham, Old Trafford in Manchester, and Hillsborough in Sheffield were common hosts . </P> <P> All semi-finals between 1871 and 1881 were played at Kensington Oval . The first neutral semi-final match outside of London took place in 1882 in Huddersfield . </P>

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