Arsenal will play their high-profile Ladies’s Champions League match in opposition to Bayern Munich at Meadow Park in Borehamwood after Uefa granted the membership particular dispensation.
Emirates Stadium had initially been earmarked to host the Group C tie on 18 December, however with Arsenal’s males’s group.
Mikel Arteta’s aspect have an EFL Cup quarter-final in opposition to Crystal Palace on the identical date, and it couldn’t be moved as a result of the Eagles have televised Premier League matches on the earlier Sunday and the next Saturday.
Meadow Park’s amenities don’t at present meet Uefa necessities, however Arsenal mentioned in a press release {that a} “distinctive mixture of things” noticed the venue swap permitted by European soccer’s governing physique.
The Gunners additionally expressed their gratitude to followers for his or her “persistence and understanding”.
Arsenal play the vast majority of the Ladies’s Tremendous League matches at Meadow Park, the 4,500-capacity dwelling of Boreham Wooden FC.
The Gunners have mentioned supporters who’ve bought a ticket for the Champions League fixture on the idea it was on the Emirates will mechanically obtain a full refund.
They’ll then have a 24-hour precedence entry window to buy a brand new ticket.
“We thank members of our supporter teams all through this time who provided precious suggestions which was mirrored in our dialogue with Uefa,” Arsenal mentioned within the assertion.
“We additionally thank Uefa for his or her collaboration to discover a workable consequence.”