article_snippet.sent: Hundreds of thousands of football fans are facing travel misery this weekend because of the Easter rail shut down.
article_snippet.sent: Despite more than 30 Premiership and Championship games scheduled for this weekend, large parts of the rail network are set to be closed for repair works.
article_snippet.sent: More than half the games are set to be affected by delays and disruption, forcing fans onto the roads.
article_snippet.sent: this weekend's crunch Premiership fixture, Arsenal versus Liverpool in London, will be hit by the Boxing Day chaos .
article_snippet.sent: Michael Dugher, the Shadow Transport Secretary, said accused ministers or being too 'out of touch' with ordinary football fans to understand the chaos the rail shutdown will cause.
article_snippet.sent: Shadow transport minister Michael Dugher said: 'Just like on Boxing Day, hundreds of thousands of people will want to travel to see family and also to follow hundreds of thousands of people football team on one of the busiest fixture lists of the season. '
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for Network Rail said over the past three months A spokesman for Network Rail have contacted both the FA and every individual Premiership club to ensure A spokesman for Network Rail’re aware about the disruption.
highlights_snippet.sent: Over 30 Premiership and Championship games scheduled this weekend .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: More than half the games are set to be affected by delays and disruption .
  