Rain stops play again: Arsenal’s trip to Brighton’s Crawley home ends in déjà vu

A second postponement in three years at Broadfield Stadium reignites questions over venue planning, scheduling pressures and the growing cost to travelling supporters

Arsenal’s clash with Brighton was called off just over an hour before kick off on Sunday. Credit: Getty Images

It is 20 minutes past 12 on a rainy Sunday afternoon, and a Southern Rail service from central London has pulled in at Crawley. Adjacent to the station looms an abandoned high-rise building known as Overline House, the brutalist design on show e…