Europa League game called off due to ‘insufficient deployment of police’

Arsenal’s upcoming Europa League tie with PSV Eindhoven has been postponed attributable to a scarcity of police sources accessible.

The Guardian has acknowledged that the sport can’t be performed attributable to ‘the inadequate deployment of police’ following the loss of life of Queen Elizabeth II. A rearranged date for the fixture is but to be introduced.

The UK is at present observing a interval of nationwide mourning after the monarch handed away on Thursday, 12 September, following the top of her 70-year reign.

With the Queen’s funeral set to happen on Monday, 19 September at Westmister Abbey in London, safety and policing will probably be a prime precedence for the occasion.

All encounters in English soccer had been postponed over the weekend following the announcement, though the EFL introduced earlier on Tuesday that video games are scheduled to go forward in midweek.

The Premier League is but to announce if fixtures will happen, with a nationwide financial institution vacation declared for the day of the funeral.

Arsenal launch assertion following PSV fixture postponment

Throughout a season the place fixture congestion will probably be an enormous drawback, the Gunners will now want to seek out room for 2 extra video games. In a press release launched on Arsenal’s web site, they mentioned:

“Our UEFA Europa League residence fixture towards PSV Eindhoven, scheduled for Thursday 15 September, has been postponed. The postponement follows liaison between UEFA, the Metropolitan Police and ourselves, after the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”

The assertion additional learn:

“We’re working with the authorities to reschedule the match and any tickets (together with these bought by way of Ticket Change or acquired by way of Ticket Switch) and/or hospitality packages bought for this fixture will probably be legitimate for the rescheduled date.”

The membership have additionally apologized to supporters for the fixture postponment and are at present scheduled to face an away journey to fellow London facet Brentford on Sunday.