Thursday, December 22, 2011

Arsenal's Match With Wolves Has Been Emirates Stadium Now on 27th December.


A scheduled kick-off was thrown into doubt because of a proposed strike by London Underground workers, which could have restricted access to Emirates Stadium for both supporters and the club's 1,000 match day employees to the arsenal monitored the situation and have now made the decision to push the game back 24 hours to next Tuesday.

The statement on the club's official website reads, "As a result of the proposed industrial action on London Underground on Monday, December 26, our home Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, originally planned for Boxing Day, has been postponed in the "Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers will now take place 24 hours later on Tuesday, December 27 (a public holiday), kick-off 3pm at Emirates Stadium.


This decision has had to be made now, before the result of the legal challenge to the proposed industrial action is finally known to the preparation period needed to safely operate Emirates Stadium by all the relevant agencies and the "The club has been liaising closely in order to make this decision, with all the relevant agencies, including the Metropolitan Police, Transport for London, London Underground, The FA Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Islington Council.

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