Liverpool are not quite ready to reopen the Anfield Road Stand

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Liverpool are having to delay confirming a specific date for the reopening of the Anfield Road Stand, according to chief executive Billy Hogan. </p>

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The Buckingham Group announced last week it had filed a notice to appoint administrators and while administration has not yet taken place all work has halted with the entire upper tier still to be completed. </p>

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Liverpool had previously announced there would be a phased opening of the £80million upgrade due to delays in the work schedule and that is likely to continue well into October at least. </p>

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"Effectively major work stopped on the site on Thursday morning," Hogan told the club's website. </p>

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"Timing, obviously, is incredibly fluid right now, there's a lot of uncertainty around where we are and obviously in time that will become more clear. </p>

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"It's important that we don't want to set any false expectations. </p>

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"We are in a bit of a holding pattern right now based on the news that we got on Thursday and that needs to reach its conclusion before we can truly start to take the next steps. </p>

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"But if Buckingham does enter into administration then we'll need to address any delays that may arise from completing the new stand as a result of that. </p>

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"Obviously we talked about having the stand fully open in October, clearly we have discussed the uncertainly that this announcement creates. </p>

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"We are still aiming for October but what we're working through now is to put a plan in place. </p>

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"I know this is incredibly disappointing and frustrating." </p>

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Just the lower tier of the Anfield Road Stand was open for Liverpool's first home match of the season against Bournemouth, meaning capacity was reduced to 50,000 and a long way short of the 61,000 expected when it is fully operational. </p>

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