Why football with fans won't be coming for some time

[EI255]

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Greece yesterday reported 60 new cases of corona virus, 42 of which were tourists. Greek medical experts said that 50 new cases a day would be time to be concerned and they've passed that within 2 weeks of re opening. Interesting to see what happens next, I'm sure other countries will be taking note - but not Boris obviously.

Quite simply, in the UK, making money is far more important than health. History will judge Boris and his party.

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[ancient hibee]

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Quite simply, in the UK, making money is far more important than health. History will judge Boris and his party.

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I think you will find that the money to pay for healthcare may come from people working.

[04Sauzee]

Scottish Premiership records zero coronavirus cases following latest batch of testing
Clean bill of health for top flight clubs as new season approaches

[Billy Whizz]

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Scottish Premiership records zero coronavirus cases following latest batch of testing
Clean bill of health for top flight clubs as new season approaches

Another real positive

[B.H.F.C]

Just came across a game top flight game in Denmark which has a fair number of fans in. One of the teams just scored a late winner and it’s fair to say there was no social distancing in the crowd when celebrating.

Denmark currently recording slightly more daily cases than Scotland. Surely offers some hope that we could get back sooner rather than later.

[04Sauzee]

FC Copenhagen had a crowd of 7665 the other day there, I think their stadium holds just over 38k

[we are hibs]

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The huns seem to be selling hospitality packages from late August onwards..

[04Sauzee]

Borris talking about fans in England being back in stadiums in October, not sure if there are to be trials and if there will be restrictions

[Dalianwanda]

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Borris talking about fans in England being back in stadiums in October, not sure if there are to be trials and if there will be restrictions

Boris says a lot.....then hides

[supermcginn]

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Borris talking about fans in England being back in stadiums in October, not sure if there are to be trials and if there will be restrictions

5000 fans allowed at goodwood races on August 1st and fans also allowed at world snooker champs in 2 weeks in sheffield.

[Billy Whizz]

Wonder when we’ll get back in

[CMurdoch]

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5000 fans allowed at goodwood races on August 1st and fans also allowed at world snooker champs in 2 weeks in sheffield.

That's an interesting development.

P.S. the 7 day average for folk dying in hospitals in the UK of Covid 19 is now down to 22. Should be single figures by the end of the month.

[Wakeyhibee]

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Wonder when we’ll get back in

I would think a similar timescale, pilots in early September then if ok maybe October for limited crowds. For L1 & 2 I would hope they would be near to normal as the crowds are usually less than 1k and I cant think of a stadium where that's not possible socially distanced.

[Keith_M]

Johnson was also asked some questions regarding allowing grandparents to babysit to enable parents to get back to work, but his answer apparently contradicted the actual rules.

I'm not confident of anything he says about the return of spectators.

[where'stheslope]

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Johnson was also asked some questions regarding allowing grandparents to babysit to enable parents to get back to work, but his answer apparently contradicted the actual rules.

I'm not confident of anything he says about the return of spectators.

I think your absolutely correct about Boris, when asked at dinnertime about the advice the Chief Medical Officer had given, he then admitted it was a risk strategy?
Its OK to take risks with others lives for him, for the rest of us, we get the pain and heartache.
Now everything is about the money not peoples welfare??

[Scouse Hibee]

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Borris talking about fans in England being back in stadiums in October, not sure if there are to be trials and if there will be restrictions

What Boris says today means nothing tomorrow.

[The dalmeny]

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What Boris says today means nothing tomorrow.

Hilariously correct

[plhibs]

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https://www.rangers.talent-sport.co....spitality.aspx


The huns seem to be selling hospitality packages from late August onwards..

When are pubs and restaurants open in Scotland, trying to find info on the Gov. site is confusing.

[Sir David Gray]

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When are pubs and restaurants open in Scotland, trying to find info on the Gov. site is confusing.

They were able to open indoors from Wednesday.

[plhibs]

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They were able to open indoors from Wednesday.

Thanks SDG i suppose that means a certain amount of fans would be able to go to home games ?

[Fuzzywuzzy]

My concern would be winter when it's expected to rise again. You will undoubtedly get mix up with common cold, flu and covid-19 if the symptoms are similar. They seem to be anticipating a winter wave to be worse than the first. They've obviously run the data but no one will know for sure until it happens

[Sir David Gray]

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Thanks SDG i suppose that means a certain amount of fans would be able to go to home games ?

No date has been set for when audiences might be able to attend live events in Scotland. There will hopefully be an update at the next scheduled review on 30th July.

[Billy Whizz]

http://www.celticfc.net/news/18332

[plhibs]

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No date has been set for when audiences might be able to attend live events in Scotland. There will hopefully be an update at the next scheduled review on 30th July.

I thought they might be able to sell hospitality when games were on, obviously not stadium seats. I've never been in that area other than for a stadium tour.

[Sir David Gray]

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I thought they might be able to sell hospitality when games were on, obviously not stadium seats. I've never been in that area other than for a stadium tour.

I don't think so. I'm fairly certain that, to begin with, access to the stadium is to be restricted to the bare minimum number of people whose attendance is considered essential to the game being able to be played.

[jgl07]

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What Boris says today means nothing tomorrow.

It means nothing today!

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Fans remain unlikely to be back in stadiums by October, says Scotland's national clinical director.

It comes after Celtic called for pilot schemes to be trialled in August and warned Scottish football must not be "left behind" by England.

Test events will run in England from 1 August - the date Scotland's top flight begins behind closed doors - with partial crowds planned from October.

"We've not set a date," said Professor Jason Leitch.

Celtic ask for Scottish stadium fan pilots
'Early talks' over test events in Scotland
"We're very hopeful that in the autumn sometime we will be able to run some test events and then get crowds back.

"We want to do that. And if the numbers [of infections] stay the way they are, that's the best way of getting to there.

"If the pubs opening doesn't give us big numbers, then crowds are much more likely than less likely."

Speaking to BBC Scotland's Off The Ball programme, Leitch says "everything is pointing in a good direction" for the top flight to begin as scheduled on 1 August.

Only one Premiership player has tested positive for coronavirus in the 1,991 tests carried out in two weeks.

[hhibs]

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I think you will find that the money to pay for healthcare may come from people working.

Indeed,but you are a long time dead too.

[G B Young]

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Fans remain unlikely to be back in stadiums by October, says Scotland's national clinical director.

It comes after Celtic called for pilot schemes to be trialled in August and warned Scottish football must not be "left behind" by England.

Test events will run in England from 1 August - the date Scotland's top flight begins behind closed doors - with partial crowds planned from October.

"We've not set a date," said Professor Jason Leitch.

Celtic ask for Scottish stadium fan pilots
'Early talks' over test events in Scotland
"We're very hopeful that in the autumn sometime we will be able to run some test events and then get crowds back.

"We want to do that. And if the numbers [of infections] stay the way they are, that's the best way of getting to there.

"If the pubs opening doesn't give us big numbers, then crowds are much more likely than less likely."

Speaking to BBC Scotland's Off The Ball programme, Leitch says "everything is pointing in a good direction" for the top flight to begin as scheduled on 1 August.

Only one Premiership player has tested positive for coronavirus in the 1,991 tests carried out in two weeks.

If Leitch doesn't think fans will be back by October I wouldn't be too surprised if stadiums remain empty for the rest of the year. The current virus stats from around the world (record number of new global cases announced yesterday, including the highest number of new cases in Scotland for a month) make uncomfortable reading and I think we'll need to be treading extremely carefully for quite some time to come.

[marinello59]

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If Leitch doesn't think fans will be back by October I wouldn't be too surprised if stadiums remain empty for the rest of the year. The current virus stats from around the world (record number of new global cases announced yesterday, including the highest number of new cases in Scotland for a month) make uncomfortable reading and I think we'll need to be treading extremely carefully for quite some time to come.

Leitch did mention October 1st previously during one of the daily updates, Sturgeon then jumped in and swiftly rolled back on what he had just said. He just advises, Sturgeon calls the shots, so on that basis I agree, we won’t be back in grounds any time this year.