DUTCH FOOTBALL IN A DISASTER

Part of FC Twente's stadium has collapsed leaving people trapped in the rubble, police in Holland have confirmed. 

Emergency services have been at the scene since just after the accident happened at around noon local time with at least five people reportedly injured. 

A police spokesman said: 'We do not have many details at the moment, the only thing we can say is that we have quite a big situation. Part of the tribune has collapsed, so we have some people beneath it and we have got some people (police officers) there at the moment.

'We can't say any more about what is going on because we have had no contact from our people from our station who are there at the moment.'

Twente president Joop Munsterman maintained last month that: 'We have put a lot of private money in the expansion of the stadium, as we play next season in front of 30,000 men in the Grolsch Veste.'

The roof is reported to have collapsed after two support beams buckled, although the reason why this happened is not yet known

The work was being carried out as part of the club's development of their stadium to a 32,000-seat arena. The capacity was just 13,500 when the side moved to the venue in 1998.

Phones at the club went unanswered and the players are believed to have been training elsewhere at the time of the collapse.

Twente are in the third qualifying round of the Champions League and the first home match was due to be played on July 26-27 or August 2-3. The exact date will be decided next week. 

Former England manager Steve McClaren was in charge of Twente for two seasons from 2008, finishing second before delivering the club's first top-flight title triumph the following year.

He left his post to take over at German outfit Wolfsburg. Credit:dailymail.co.uk