WEEKEND SHEFFIELD DERBIES MUST END, SAY POLICE

By William Pound
CHAMPIONSHIP
SOUTH Yorkshire Police have called for all Sheffield derbies to take place on week days from now on.
The force have told the English Football League that their current level of support is “achievable and sustainable” if matches are kept away from weekends.
The next meeting between Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United at Hillsborough has been moved to Monday, March 4 and will be shown live on Sky Sports.
Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts said in a statement: “Football is a sport that unites so many of our communities and, ...

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