Brighton & Hove Albion’s Premier League home game in opposition to Crystal Palace on Sept. 17 has been postponed due to deliberate industrial motion on the rail community, the league mentioned on Wednesday.
Britain’s rail community has been hit by main disruptions in the previous couple of weeks as workers protest over pay and situations, a part of rising industrial unrest across the nation as wages fail to hold tempo with hovering inflation. “Following a request to the Premier League Board by Brighton and Hove Albion FC, the membership’s home fixture in opposition to Crystal Palace FC, due to be performed at 3pm on Saturday 17 September, has been regrettably postponed,” the league mentioned in an announcement. “The resolution follows distinctive circumstances relating to the deliberate industrial motion on the rail community, with authorities unable to sanction the fixture to be performed with no public transport obtainable for supporters.”
It is with remorse that our upcoming #PL match in opposition to @CPFC has been postponed due to the deliberate industrial motion on the rail community. ⤵️
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) September 7, 2022
Brighton mentioned a brand new date for the game can be introduced quickly. “While we totally recognize this will probably be of big disappointment to each units of followers the protection of followers of each golf equipment, our matchday workers, gamers and officers have to be the precedence,” the membership mentioned in an announcement
Graham Potter’s Brighton aspect, fourth within the desk with 13 factors from six video games, journey to Bournemouth on Saturday and Fifteenth-placed Palace host Manchester United on Sunday.