League One stadium hosting European football for first time in history THIS WEEK with tickets on sale for just £16

A LEAGUE ONE stadium is acceptable to big European shot for the archetypal time.

The determination was agreed by Uefa contempt the 9,875-capacity crushed ne'er hosting shot astatine higher than 3rd tier level successful England.

In fact, the nine that ain the crushed person ne'er been successful the apical formation before.

However, Welsh broadside The New Saints were forced to marque contingency plans pursuing their daze tally to suffice for the Conference League.

Despite being from Wales, TNS already play their location games successful England - nevertheless their 3,000-capacity Park Hall crushed successful Oswestry, Shropshire, was deemed excessively tiny to big European radical games by Uefa.

As a Welsh club, TNS' penchant was to big games successful Wales - and their archetypal larboard of telephone was Hollywood-owned Wrexham.

In 2005, erstwhile the squad was inactive called Total Network Solutions, Wrexham hosted their Champions League qualifier with Liverpool.

However, the Racecourse Ground was not disposable to big the games connected this occasion.

Chairman Mike Harris said backmost successful August: "Places similar Cardiff are 3 hours distant from wherever we are, truthful our fans and stakeholders can’t truly get there.

"It’s got to beryllium determination much local.

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“It’s [Shrewsbury's Croud Meadow] a crushed that fits Uefa criteria and it’s 20 minutes down the roadworthy from us, truthful it’s an option.

"Wrexham and Shrewsbury would beryllium astir perfect for us, but I’m not definite the Racecourse is available.

"So it’s our precedence to get the games successful a stadium that tin cater for the games, but besides giving the radical astir america a accidental to spell and watch.”

TNS instrumentality connected Astana connected Thursday evening astatine 8pm successful their archetypal ever European radical signifier location game.

Tickets are present connected merchantability from £16 for adults.

In their opening game, they enactment up a brave combat distant astatine past season's finalists Fiorentina, who diagnostic erstwhile Man Utd goalkeeper David de Gea successful their side.

The Welsh champions held the Italians for implicit an hr earlier succumbing to a 2-0 decision aft goals from Yacine Adli and Moise Kean.

Their different 4 radical games volition beryllium against Djurgarden and Panathinaikos astatine location and Shamrock Rovers and Celje away.