Monday 16 January 2017

Premier League clubs could face legal action over disabled facilities

• Parliamentary report says clubs’ failure ‘completely unacceptable’
• Those who do not comply with law may receive a fine or points deduction

Premier League clubs’ facilities for disabled supporters have been severely criticised in a parliamentary report which states MPs would support legal action to force compliance by clubs with minimum provision set out by law. The report by the culture, media and sport committee cites expert evidence that eight of the Premier League’s 20 clubs will fail to achieve the minimum legal number of wheelchair spaces for supporters, as set out in the Accessible Stadia Guide, by a deadline of August this year.

The report said it was “completely unacceptable” that a number of Premier League clubs, principally those in older grounds, have failed to carry out basic adaptations over the past 20 years.

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