Plans to relocate Arsenal football club to a new 60,000-seater stadium have hit problems and their Ashburton Grove ground will not now be ready for the start of the 2005/2006 season.
The club denied scrapping plans to move to the £500 million stadium - situated half a mile from Highbury - and stated it remained committed to relocating.
The club said in a statement that a "number of delays have occurred . . . not just on the construction of the stadium itself but also with legal, financial and property issues, transport infrastructure, relocation of existing local statutory services and businesses, provision of affordable housing and significant regeneration of the local area".