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No away fans this season

Started by FFCBadger, August 22, 2020, 07:40:50 AM

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FFCBadger

Should make for some pretty hostile away games  :wow:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8652329/Away-fans-NOT-permitted-Premier-League-stadiums-season.html?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

Away fans will NOT be permitted back into Premier League stadiums this season under current plans as talks with Government enter final stages for October 3 return

    Premier League stadiums are likely to remain closed for away fans upon return
    Clubs have sent correspondence to fans informing them of October 3 comeback
    Premier League chiefs held talks with DCMS to finalise details for return of fans

Premier League stadiums are likely to remain closed to away fans despite clubs informing supporters they hope to have them back from October 3.

Arsenal are among the clubs to have sent correspondence to fans informing them of their intention to welcome back supporters from the first weekend of October, as per Government guidelines.

Their circular read: 'We are continuing to work hard with the Premier League and UK Government on plans to bring fans back to stadiums, initially with reduced capacities.'
Premier League chiefs held constructive talks with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on Thursday — including Secretary of State Oliver Dowden (right) — to begin finalising the details of welcoming back fans.

The DCMS are expected to reveal details of the next set of test events imminently, with Brighton volunteering their Amex Stadium as a potential venue.

However, away fans face being barred from matches for most of the season with top-flight clubs planning to prioritise season ticket holders until stadiums are permitted to operate at full capacity.

The Government is set to restrict attendances to between 20 and 30 per cent during the first phase of fans returning, and Sportsmail has been told there is unlikely to be any initial provision made for away fans, with the League working on a bespoke, one-size-fits-all plan for each club based on stadium design, transport links and local infection rates.

AnOldBrownie

Hey...better than no fans at all.   20% of home fans...with everyone having to take a temperature test before entering the stadium works for me.

Arthur

The journalist referring to it as 'a bespoke, one-size-fits-all plan' made me smile.


Holders

Quote from: Arthur on August 22, 2020, 08:22:13 AM
The journalist referring to it as 'a bespoke, one-size-fits-all plan' made me smile.

Indeed! Well, so long as it isn't "oven ready" it might stand a chance of success.
Non sumus statione ferriviaria

Twig

No away fans but precious few home fans either. Hardly going to make for an intimidating atmosphere (or much of an atmosphere at all).

Statto

#5
Quote from: Twig on August 22, 2020, 11:18:15 AM
No away fans but precious few home fans either. Hardly going to make for an intimidating atmosphere (or much of an atmosphere at all).

Should work in our favour to be honest.

We were never noisy and with the Riverside still a sand pit, we were bound to have the the quietest ground in the division.


Bocanegra

Quote from: Arthur on August 22, 2020, 08:22:13 AM
The journalist referring to it as 'a bespoke, one-size-fits-all plan' made me smile.

came on to write this.