Arsenal Women head coach Jonas Eidevall believes more consideration is necessary across the Women’s Super League following this weekend’s postponements due to frozen pitches.
Chelsea hosted Liverpool for six minutes before their match at Kingsmeadow was deemed unplayable, which was followed by Brighton & Hove Albion vs Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City also called off in the WSL.
In the aftermath, Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema was one of many who suggested both undersoil heating or playing at men’s stadiums to combat this issue.
“Our long-term plan is to try and be at Emirates permanently — that’s long-term,” Eidevall said.
“The way we have worked, we have not cancelled games in January, it has been other clubs. Sometimes for different reasons: the pitch, covid. But I don’t think the league is at the stage where you can have that requirement for all clubs.
“Some clubs could have the possibility to do that and that’s the difficulty when making league rules. When you’re a newly promoted team, how quickly can you meet those stadium requirements? That’s something to look into but it’s long-term.”
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