![]() ![]() "While we accept that this decision may be necessary, given policing levels, we have concerns at the impact of this short notice change on our supporters. The full statement from the Windsor Park outfit read: “Linfield can confirm that we received correspondence from NIFL on Wednesday evening suggesting that our home fixture v Glentoran would be moved from Easter Tuesday due to a PSNI decision relating to operational pressures as a result of the upcoming US Presidential visit. We have not been afforded that opportunity.” Linfield added that they had “expressed a strong desire to engage in face to face meetings with both the PSNI and NIFL. In their statement the Blues pointed out that they had made a suggestion to NIFL about moving all the Easter Tuesday (April 11) matches back one week to “ensure no team would be afforded a sporting advantage, or suffer a sporting disadvantage.” ![]() League leaders Larne are five points clear of Linfield with five games left. The Blues are also clearly perturbed by what they feel is a question of sporting integrity with their title rivals Larne playing 24 hours before them in this particular instance. Then came a Linfield statement outlining their concerns at the impact this will have on supporters – many of whom had already bought tickets and hospitality packages – and revealing that the club were bemused that the two other Premiership fixtures in Belfast on Tuesday, April 11 would be going ahead. Just over an hour after this newspaper broke the story on our website, NIFL declared that “the NIFL Competitions Committee have confirmed that Linfield v Glentoran in the Danske Bank Premiership (originally scheduled for Tuesday 11 April) will now be played on Wednesday 12 April 2023.”
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