Alan Shearer believes Tottenham have an FA Cup advantage having made Wembley their second home

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Tottenham are currently using Wembley as their home ground whilst their new stadium is being constructed.

Alan Shearer believes Tottenham hold an advantage over the other three FA Cup semi-finalists this season, having successfully developed Wembley into their second home.

The North London club are currently using the national stadium as their home ground whilst their new stadium is being constructed, after their historic ground White Hart Lane was torn down.

Spurs face Manchester United in the FA Cup semis, which is set to take place on 21st April, whilst Chelsea take on Southampton the following day.

A trip to Wembley tends to be an equally exciting outing for both parties, but with the 90,000 seater stadium having been used by Spurs the whole season, the club have recorded some emphatic wins over the likes of Liverpool, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United. The worry that the stadium would never feel like ‘home’ was clearly only speculative.

Speaking to Coral UK via their official Twitter account, Alan Shearer explained that with their experience of playing at Wembley throughout the season, given the results they have picked up there, there is no doubt that Spurs maintain an advantage over the rest of the teams.

“Looking at it from a Tottenham point of view you would have to think that they are carrying a small advantage,” Shearer told Coral.

“Having been playing at Wembley all season, one or two people said that might be a disadvantage to them, but it hasn’t.

“They’ve taken to Wembley, it looks as if they enjoy playing there, so it should be a little bit of an advantage for Tottenham.”

With the advantage Shearer has spoken of, the FA Cup presents a massive opportunity for Tottenham to finally end their trophy drought and deliver a piece of silverware to the fans. The club continues to be regarded as amongst the finest in Europe, and have done well to get to that position, however, one thing still sets them apart from their surrounding competitors and that is the clear lack of tangible success.