Coronavirus and Football

[Smiley Culture]

Good news. Will be tough to get tickets for most of the Football League and probably some National League teams, too. 

[Stan]

Didn't expect it to be such a high figure and for it to be so soon. I was expecting that kind of thing in the new year, even for lower areas.

Interesting to see what the outcome of this is. Would love it to be successful and it's a great sign for fans returning but is it too early?!

[Pyfish+]

It'll be very difficult to decide who the tickets go to. And in some stadiums, a crowd of 4,000 is almost full. I know at Blundell Park, we already average 4,000 in the ground usually and I wouldn't feel comfortable going. If it's just home fans allowed, which to me would make sense, then you could open up the away end to home fans and manage the spread a little better, but if away fans are going to be allowed to travel, it's a nightmare waiting to happen.

[Smiley Culture]

There’s got to be more to come from it because 4,000 in League Two is typically a higher percentage of capacity than at Championship or Premier League level, so I reckon there may be some form of sliding scale, as there was in non-league football. In non-league football they have ground grading, which comes with a minimum attendance required for each level, so I imagine there may be something similar in league football. 

[Honey Honey]

The rule is 50% capacity or 4000, whichever is lower for your stadium.

In other words it's a full house for the Boro 

[Guest]

I think this is a bit risky. Just wait till we have a vaccine 

[JoshBRFC+]

It will be monitored and a safer environment for mass groups of people than the shit we've seen so far this year. 

[Stan]

 

[Bluewolf]

Some are wondering if the costs will be worth it for such small numbers, but let's be honest we all miss the crowds

[Smiley Culture]

3 hours ago, Bluewolf said:

Some are wondering if the costs will be worth it for such small numbers, but let's be honest we all miss the crowds

Huddersfield’s chairman has said they’ll be losing money with a full 4,000 “capacity”. 

[Bluewolf]

14 minutes ago, Smiley Culture said:

Huddersfield’s chairman has said they’ll be losing money with a full 4,000 “capacity”. 

I can understand the problem a little more with clubs that bring in 20 thousand+ because you still have to have staff serving and stewards/security/police etc and the outlay for having that lot would probably cost more than the return on such small numbers... 

[Bluebird Hewitt]

Will be interesting to see how this goes, especially as our lot probably won't allow fans back until around 2027 at the earliest. 

[Smiley Culture]

https://www.isthmian.co.uk/trident-leagues-statement-covid-and-the-restart-64633

Another pause for the Southern, Isthmian and Northern Leagues, then. Understandable as some teams play in towns that are in Tier Three. Can’t see the season being fulfilled in its entirety now. 

There’s a couple of teams (I know Bracknell are one) that have played as few as five games in the Isthmian League this season, they can’t be expected to play 33 games between January and May. 

[The Artful Dodger]

I'm expecting the 'void the season' brigade to start piping up again soon, now Liverpool are top.

[Mpache]

I have an unpopular opinion: sports are essential with protocols. My mental health has been very good as of late, and I thank sports for that as it takes my mind of everything.

I never have suicidal thoughts, but someone who does will suffer without some sort of band-aid. I think entertainment in it's own right can be essential as it helps the mind. Also there's so many jobs within each sport.