By Matthew Jones
June 28 2003

Supporters now have no way of getting back to the North East from Highbury after the Arsenal v Newcastle clash. The game has been moved to a FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER kickoff. The fans are not too pleased. Newcastle United fans are angry at the decision to switch Newcastle's Premiership game at Arsenal to Friday 26th September.

Sky TV will now be screening the game, but supporters now have no way of getting back to the North East from Highbury via public transport on that night.

Mark Jensen, editor of "The Mag", said: "The fact that this game has been moved to Friday night has shown where the priorities lie - and it's not with the paying fans.

"They don't seem to figure in any shape or form at all. If you were going to move a game to Friday night surely it wouldn't be one involving fans from opposite ends of the country.

"You would hope that when changes like this are made something would be given back to fans in the form of cheaper tickets as it's the fans who create the atmosphere for the TV games.

"But it seems they are taken for granted." However, the Premier League defended the decision to play the game on a Friday.

A spokesman said: "The police are facing a full fixture programme on Saturday in the capital and the only viable option for the game is Friday evening."

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