1960maaan Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Apparently they have moved the Arsenal Vs Chelsea game, not sure what the grounds for postponing it are. It was due for 29th of April, Saturday 5:30 kick off. There is another London derby, West Ham at Palace, that's a 12:30 kick off so not sure that impacts this one. Arsenal Supporters Trust are contacting the mayor , the Met's overseer . The game is now scheduled for the Tuesday ( 2nd May ) . This will cause no end of problems for any fans travelling as they would have already made arrangements, no thought or care for fans again. The Athletic report; “The initial scheduling of this match was approved at a Safety Advisory Group (SAG) meeting in February. However, the Metropolitan Police has now revised its position regarding the kick-off time and requested a further SAG meeting which determined the match had to be rescheduled. “We regret the need to move this fixture at late notice and the impact this will have on supporters. The game will remain live on Sky Sports.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 I bet the 29th is when the Met are rehearsing for the Coronation a week later. If they just said that, I`m sure everyone would be fine with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I bet the 29th is when the Met are rehearsing for the Coronation a week later. If they just said that, I`m sure everyone would be fine with it. Plus there may be police leave constraints around the coronation which has a knock on effect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said: Plus there may be police leave constraints around the coronation which has a knock on effect. That's exactly what's happened. All leave cancelled for the coronation, so a lot who are affected are taking it the weekend before instead. Of course, they probably should have realised this when they initially agreed to the game being played on the Saturday, but there we are... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 I don't really see the problem. How much will this disrupt travel arrangements ? It's not like it's Arsenel v Newcastle........... what is it, 10 miles , give over, bit annoying but hardly a catastrophe ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 I have to agree with slartibartfast,they teams are only a few miles apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Arsenal fans should probably concentrate on complaining about how their season tickets have gone up and the matches a ticket covers reduced. Their fans were quite quiet about that but guess its cos they are top of the league and all is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 7 hours ago, slartibartfast said: I don't really see the problem. How much will this disrupt travel arrangements ? It's not like it's Arsenel v Newcastle........... what is it, 10 miles , give over, bit annoying but hardly a catastrophe ! It's big clubs in the Premier League, support is hardly local any more, football isn't what it was 50 years ago any more. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 11 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I bet the 29th is when the Met are rehearsing for the Coronation a week later. If they just said that, I`m sure everyone would be fine with it. Maybe , but it only affects 5:30 game and not the early one. 5 miles away. It would be good to give proper explanations to these things. 8 hours ago, slartibartfast said: I don't really see the problem. How much will this disrupt travel arrangements ? It's not like it's Arsenel v Newcastle........... what is it, 10 miles , give over, bit annoying but hardly a catastrophe ! Like @richwwtk said ,it's the Prem and a lot of people travel and make weekends of it. Our fans come from round the Country and even Sweden and Holland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, slartibartfast said: I don't really see the problem. How much will this disrupt travel arrangements ? It's not like it's Arsenel v Newcastle........... what is it, 10 miles , give over, bit annoying but hardly a catastrophe ! What @richwwtk said….there will be people who’ve booked flights and hotels, never mind trains, around the Saturday…...plus, it’s also about plans for what you’re doing on the days the match wasn’t going to be played. You know what it’s like (even at our level) you have a degree of confidence 5 weeks prior to the game that it’s not going to be moved, so you plan other things for the Sunday or whatever. We’d be unhappy if there was an announcement today that the Burnley game was being moved. Edited April 12, 2023 by italian dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 14 hours ago, Northern Red said: That's exactly what's happened. All leave cancelled for the coronation, so a lot who are affected are taking it the weekend before instead. Good weekend to be a burglar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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