Community Shield: Kick-off time brought forward by 90 minutes after fan complaints

Liverpool won the 2022 Community Shield by beating Manchester City astatine King Power Stadium

The Football Association has moved the kick-off clip for the Community Shield aft fans complained astir "inconvenient scheduling".

Initial plans for a 17:30 BST commencement connected 6 August were met with vexation from City fans implicit concerns astir question connected nationalist transport.

The crippled volition present footwear disconnected astatine 16:00 BST connected the aforesaid day.

City instrumentality radical WeAre1894 had called connected supporters to boycott the match due to the fact that of the "significant question challenges".

Some supporters had adjacent begun to marque donations to a section foodbank alternatively of spending wealth connected a lucifer ticket.

A Manchester City spokesperson said: "Having contacted the FA to explicit our reservations and clarify wherefore the kick-off clip of 17.30 BST connected a Sunday was primitively chosen, we are pleased that the determination to bring guardant kick-off has present been made.

"Whilst we recognize that this volition not afloat alleviate question issues for our fans and our penchant would person been for an earlier kick-off clip still, we anticipation that the caller kick-off clip volition marque a difference."

FSA warned Wembley would spot bare seats

The Football Supporters' Association (FSA) had said it understood the absorption to the erstwhile kick-off time.

Prior to the crippled being moved, a spokesperson for the FSA told BBC Sport: "What utilized to beryllium an aboriginal to mid-afternoon crippled is present being held connected a Sunday evening astatine the behest of the FA's broadcasters.

"Manchester City supporters are understandably upset, with immoderate calling for boycotts, astatine this inconvenient scheduling of the Community Shield which volition permission galore facing hard decisions astir transport and time-off.

"This determination to enactment the needs of broadcasters up of match-going fans volition undoubtedly pb to bare seats and sour what should beryllium an different breathtaking curtain-raiser for the caller season."

The Community Shield is played astatine the opening of the English shot play betwixt the erstwhile campaign's Premier League and FA Cup winners.

As Manchester City won some competitions, the second-placed Premier League team, Arsenal, volition play successful the fixture.

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