サッカー-Reading game abandoned after tennis ball 抗議する against owner

Jan 13 (Reuters) -

A pitch 侵略 by fans 投げつけるing tennis balls 軍隊d Reading's English League One (third-tier) home game against Port Vale to be abandoned on Saturday.

Play was paused in the first minute after tennis balls were thrown の上に the pitch and after 16 minutes of the game at Reading 支持者s ran on to the playing surface, 軍隊ing both 始める,決めるs of players to leave the field.

With the fans 辞退するing to leave the pitch, a 決定/判定勝ち(する) was made to call the game off.

The 抗議する was 目的(とする)d at Reading owner Dai Yongge who fans 非難する for Reading's problems, 含むing 給料 not 存在 paid and a winding up order 存在 served in October over 未払いの 税金s.

Yongge took 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 in 2017 but has come under 解雇する/砲火/射撃 after the club were 攻撃する,衝突する with a number of 刑罰,罰則s for 財政上の mismanagement, 含むing a four-point deduction this season for a late 支払い(額) of the 月毎の 行う 法案.

"We are fully aware of and understand our 支持者s' 失望/欲求不満s," Reading 地位,任命するd on X, 以前は Twitter.

"But we must 繰り返し言う ... that entering or throwing items の上に the pitch can put the fixture at 危険 of abandonment and can result in personal consequences 含むing banning orders. Thank you for your support today."

The game was 0-0 at the time of the 中断.

Former 首相 League team Reading, who were relegated after 10 years in the second-tier 選手権 in 2023, have been deducted 16 points in under two years.

They are 21st in the standings on 23 points from 25 matches.

It was the second League One match to be abandoned on Saturday after Bolton Wanderers' home game against Cheltenham T own was called off after a 医療の 緊急 in the stadium.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk and Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)

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