Premier League Could Be Postponed For Second Weekend Amid Police Shortage Concerns

Premier League and English Football League matches couldn be postponed again next weekend amid major concerns about staging them safely on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.

A potential shortage of police could mean games being called off in London and beyond, with officers likely to be redeployed to the English capital amid an expected influx of millions of mourners, says the Telegraph.

Football in England has already been postponed this weekend as a mark of respect. Further cancellations would risk causing a fixture pile-up in an unprecedented season of congestion triggered by the first winter World Cup.

Britain's first state funeral since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965 is expected to take place a week on Monday, 11 days after the Queen's passing.

More people – including world leaders and royals from across the globe – are likely to travel to London than at any moment in history, triggering an unprecedented police operation starting in the days preceding it.

Source: Tribalfootball