Everton's Premier League opener at White Hart Lane has been called off due to rioting in the capital in the past week.The news was confirmed this morning by chief executive of the Premier League, Richard Scudamore. Everton will now start their season at home to QPR on Saturday, August 20th.
The trouble that has swept the country began close to Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium at the weekend and, following talks with police, the Premier League has decided to rearrange the game for a later date.
Richard Scudamore announced: "The very latest is that we will lose the Tottenham-Everton game.
"In fairness to the police, they have done a fantastic job but they are unable to hand the Tottenham High Road, which as people will have seen has been pretty much a crime scene for much of this week, they are unable to hand that back to the council until Friday night.
"That doesn't give the council enough time to do what they need to do to clean it up and get a safety certificate issued.
"That is a regret but the other nine fixtures are looking positive."
As yet, the match is the only Premier League fixture to be called off.
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