Arsenal-PSV has been postponed, but EFL and WSL games are back

Arsenal’s Europa League tie with PSV Eindhoven has been postponed due to “severe constraints on police resources” following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

However, after football was stopped as a mark of respect for the Queen, matches across the board will resume.

English Football League matches will return from Tuesday.

The Women’s Superliga and the Women’s Championship – which started last weekend – will go ahead as planned.

All English, Welsh and Northern Irish football and senior Scottish football were postponed over the weekend.

Football will resume in Northern Ireland on Monday, while Welsh football will restart on Tuesday. and Scottish football on Wednesday.

National League matches will be played from Monday, along with all grassroots football matches in England.

The Football Association also confirmed that all matches scheduled for September 19, the day of the Queen’s funeral, will be postponed.

The Premier League has yet to make an announcement about the matches to be played between September 16 and 18.

In a statement, the FA said: “All matches held at stadiums are subject to the leagues and clubs working with the relevant authorities to arrange these matches as usual.

“We will be recommending to clubs, leagues and competitions across the country that a minute’s silence be observed before matches are played and that black armbands should be worn wherever possible.”

Arsenal-PSV Eindhoven away

Arsenal’s match with PSV Eindhoven was scheduled to take place at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday.

Uefa said a new date for the match would be announced in due course.

About 3,000 PSV fans were expected at the game.

A Uefa statement announcing the postponement said: “This is due to severe constraints on police resources and organizational issues relating to the ongoing events surrounding the national mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”

However, BBC Sport understands that Chelsea’s Champions League group stage match against Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday will go ahead as planned.

European football’s governing body, Uefa, is satisfied with all security needs relating to the match at Stamford Bridge.

EFL matches restart

At EFL matches, there will be a tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday, at the ground, with a minute’s silence before the matches and the national anthem.

Black armbands will be worn and flags will fly at half-mast.

In a statement, the EFL said it would “continue to work with the force on any challenges that may arise in relation to the policing of specific accessories”.

He added: “Consideration of individual circumstances will be done on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with the standard protocols of the Matching Security Advisory Group.”

There are six Championship games scheduled for Tuesday, along with full League One and League Two fixtures. Then there are six more championship games on Wednesday.

Police games could be a factor in decisions if forces are redeployed to London ahead of the Queen’s state funeral on Monday 19 September.

On Sunday, a spokesman for the National Police Chiefs Council said: “Police across the UK are working closely with other organizations to ensure events are held safely and with appropriate security.

“Following the decisions by the Premier League and the English Football League to cancel this weekend’s matches, we will work with football clubs to try to ensure that, wherever possible, football matches can be carry out safely when balanced with the requirement to support and deliver national events.day-to-day policing.

“This is a unique situation and we are working closely with everyone involved.”

What about the other European parties?

Uefa has already moved Rangers’ Champions League home game against Napoli from Tuesday to Wednesday “due to severe constraints on police resources and organizational issues related to the ongoing events surrounding the national mourning for Sa Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II”.

Meanwhile, Tottenham have confirmed that their Champions League game against Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday will “go ahead as planned”, while Liverpool host Ajax at Anfield on the same day and Celtic travel to Poland to face -se at Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.

Manchester City’s Champions League game at home to Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday is set to go ahead, as is Manchester United’s Europa League game with Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova on Thursday.

In the Conference Europa League, West Ham face Silkeborg of Denmark on Thursday, while Hearts travel to Latvia’s Rigas Futbola Skola.

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