Arsenal Blasted by Environmentalists for Taking a 14-Minute Flight to Norwich

Arsenal take on Norwich City on Sunday and the club is doing everything they can to make sure they get the three points.

Therefore, the club is going to fly to East Anglia on Saturday night from London Luton.

That flight will take just 14 minutes according to The Sun. The paper notes that a bus journey would take around two and a half hours from the club's training base, while a train journey would be even quicker. 

Not everybody is happy with Arsenal's decision though. An environmental group called Plane Stupid blasted the decision to fly such a short distance. 

Its spokesperson Ella Gilbert said:

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Having lived in Norwich and Finsbury Park, I can tell you this is a distance that you can do in two hours by train, without fuelling climate change. This is ridiculous.

I’m a life-long Gooner so I’m used to being occasionally embarrassed by my team, but I prefer them to wait until after kick-off before humiliating their supporters.

Don’t fly to Norwich, the Canaries aren’t worth it.

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Arsenal also travelled the 188 miles to Norwich by plane when the two sides met in 2012.

[The Sun]