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The station is closed (Picture: Getty)

A busy London tube station has been forced to close after rowdy football fans set off flares outside the entrance.

Covent Garden has been shut after smoke started to fill the main area of the Piccadilly Line station.

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The station is currently exit only.

Hundreds of people are congregating in the area for the Lincoln v Arsenal FA Cup match.


Travellers are advised to use the nearby Leicester Square or Holborn stops instead.

Crowds are gathered outside (Picture: Twitter/Callum Keown/TheOxfordMail)

Rowdy fans partied in the street (Picture: Matthew Chattle/REX/Shutterstock)

The area is extremely busy (Picture: Matthew Chattle/REX/Shutterstock)

The station was closed because of fans (Picture: Matthew Chattle/REX/Shutterstock)

The Metropolitan Police’s football unit tweeted: ‘Due to smoke from flares entering Covent Garden Tube the station has been closed.

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‘Use Leicester Sq or Holborn tube instead #TeamLincoln.’



Piccadilly Line tweeted: ‘Covent Garden: The station is exit only due to an earlier customer incident outside the station.’

Hordes of fans have gathered in the capital for the game between Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium and non-league Lincoln in the sixth round of the FA Cup.