- Dai criticized for club’s issues
- Financial penalties impact League One
- Match cancelled due to protests
Due to a medical emergency in the audience, Bolton Wanderers and Cheltenham Town had to postpone another League One match.
Around one thousand home supporters stormed the pitch during Reading’s League One match against Port Vale to demonstrate against the club’s proprietor. Consequently, the match was abandoned.
Three minutes into the match at the Select Car Leasing Stadium, tennis balls were hurled onto the playing surface, causing a delay in the start of play.
After sixteen minutes, referee Ross Joyce led the players to the locker rooms as home supporters entered the playing field, where some released blue flares.
A considerable number of Reading supporters advocate for the sale of the club by owner Dai Yongge. This is due to its current position fourth-from-bottom in the third division and the sanctions imposed by the EFL.
Dai’s Leadership Woes Unfold
Dai is blamed by many fans for the club’s unpaid wages and October tax winding-up order.
After the club was assessed several penalties for financial misconduct, including a four-point deduction this season for a late payment of the monthly wage bill, Dai has been criticized since assuming leadership in 2017.
Four points in deductions this season have hurt them in the League One relegation zone.
A series of declarations were made, encompassing warnings that the match would be cancelled, boos from lingering home fans in the stands, and chanting of “We want our money back” from the travelling Port Vale supporters.
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The match was ultimately cancelled at 4:25 p.m. However, due to the defiance of approximately forty ardent Reading supporters who remained in the centre circle.
“We are fully aware of and understand the frustrations of our supporters. However, we must reiterate to them that throwing or entering items onto the pitch could result in the fixture being abandoned and could lead to personal consequences, including banning orders,” read a statement posted on Reading’s X account.
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Reading manager Ruben Selles worried about playing home games behind closed doors.
We are cognizant of the possibility of consequences, he stated. Although points deductions are improbable, they do occur.
Our stadium may be empty for the season or a few games.
A monetary penalty is certainly a possibility
Bolton Wanderers and Cheltenham Town’s League One match was cancelled owing to a crowd medical problem.
Following 29 minutes of the first half, the game at the Toughsheet Community Stadium was called off due to a suspected cardiac arrest reported by a spectator in the East Stand.
After referee Sunny Singh Gill ordered the players off the pitch at 3.30 p.m., medical staff treated a fan. Thirty minutes later, the match was formally terminated.
Bolton issued the following statement: “Medical personnel and paramedics attended to the injured individual at the location. Whereas the two teams were removed from the pitch.
“The match was cancelled shortly after 4:00 pm due to the patient’s transfer to the first aid room at the stadium subsequent to persistent efforts to revive him.”
“The supporter was subsequently transported to the hospital, and the Bolton Wanderers community extends its deepest condolences to him and his family.”
The condition of the supporter will subsequently be updated.
