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

[Scorrie]

Northern Ireland letting 500 fans into the Cup Final this Friday apparently

[Sir David Gray]

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https://twitter.com/bbcsport/status/...431474690?s=21

Crowds likely to be reduced until Christmas and possibly beyond says Professor James Calder - who has chaired the cross-sport working group with government and health officials on the return to sport.

Possibly until a vaccine is developed is a sobering thought. I know the scientists are doing great work at an unprecedented speed in that area but there is currently no vaccine available for any other type of coronavirus so there are still no certainties that there ever will be one found that works.

[Clarence]

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Possibly until a vaccine is developed is a sobering thought. I know the scientists are doing great work at an unprecedented speed in that area but there is currently no vaccine available for any other type of coronavirus so there are still no certainties that there ever will be one found that works.

Before/if we get to a vaccine, I think we’ll just to get to a point where infection is a calculated risk and there will be few intrusive restrictions other than wearing masks.

[Ronniekirk]

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Northern Ireland letting 500 fans into the Cup Final this Friday apparently

You don’t need to wear masks there apart from on public transport at present


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[04Sauzee]

West Ham confirm they will ballot season ticket holders when reduced crowds will be allowed back into football grounds, also refunds for those who are unsuccessful

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...mpression=true

[04Sauzee]

Comprehensive planning is underway at Sunderland AFC to ensure the club is fully prepared for the start of the 2020-21 season.

Whilst we hope to begin the campaign with supporters in attendance at the Stadium of Light, it is expected that social distancing measures and other safety protocols will be in place when fans return.

Of course, this will heavily impact upon the stadium’s overall capacity and could result in some supporters being unable to sit in their desired location.

The club is continuing to follow SGSA guidance and will work with the relevant governing bodies and supporters’ groups to ensure the matchday experience remains as authentic as possible, whilst also adhering to all of the safety measures set.

With season card sales already surpassing the 12,000-mark, which is in line with the reduced capacity estimated, we have today taken the decision to pause all new season card sales until further notice.

We appreciate that many fans will be disappointed by this news, but we will provide a further update regarding additional sales once further clarification around supporter attendance has been provided.

In the meantime, the club will continue to liaise with the SGSA and the relevant governing bodies, and we hope to boost that estimated figure by 2,000-3000 in the short term.

Finally, thank you for your continued patience and understanding throughout these unprecedented and unpredictable times.

We will endeavour to provide further detailed updates in the coming weeks, and we hope to see you all back at the Stadium of Light once it is safe to do so.

[eezyrider]

If I've read it correctly, stadiums will be able to reopen from the 14th of September- with limitations, social distancing etc.

EZ

[Sir David Gray]

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If I've read it correctly, stadiums will be able to reopen from the 14th of September- with limitations, social distancing etc.

EZ

It's not confirmed yet, it's only an indicative date. We should hear more during the next two review dates.

[Keith_M]

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Comprehensive planning is underway at Sunderland AFC to ensure the club is fully prepared for the start of the 2020-21 season.

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With season card sales already surpassing the 12,000-mark, which is in line with the reduced capacity estimated, we have today taken the decision to pause all new season card sales until further notice.
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Looks like they're expecting to be allowed crowds up to 25% of their stadium capacity.

[G B Young]

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If I've read it correctly, stadiums will be able to reopen from the 14th of September- with limitations, social distancing etc.

EZ

It's only a proposed date at present, nothing concrete, but if they get the go-ahead for that date it will, as you say, be with partial, socially distanced attendances.

[supermcginn]

Surely can't be true, some highly qualified covid experts on here said there would be no fans in grounds till March 2021 at the earliest.

[04Sauzee]

Doing some channel hopping and there is a live a rugby game on North Queensland Cowboys Vs Canberra Raiders and there looks like a very sizeable crowd inside the ground

[Since90+2]

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Surely can't be true, some highly qualified covid experts on here said there would be no fans in grounds till March 2021 at the earliest.

We even had people claiming that we wouldn't see any football played at all in 2020 and today we start the new league campaign bang on schedule.

[Eyrie]

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Doing some channel hopping and there is a live a rugby game on North Queensland Cowboys Vs Canberra Raiders and there looks like a very sizeable crowd inside the ground

Different country though with a different situation.

[04Sauzee]

Good to see the Russians are the first country in the World to approve a coronavirus vaccine 👀👀👀

[CockneyRebel]

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Surely can't be true, some highly qualified covid experts on here said there would be no fans in grounds till March 2021 at the earliest.

Nae need.

[Phil MaGlass]

Spain beginning to ban smoking, hopefully this hits everywhere in public and they keep the ban permanently.

https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-08-...o-galicia.html

[Billy Whizz]

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Spain beginning to ban smoking, hopefully this hits everywhere in public and they keep the ban permanently.

https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-08-...o-galicia.html

Spanish are big smokers

[Phil MaGlass]

Aye, its more to do with the amount of covid released in smoke exhalation.

[where'stheslope]

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Spanish are big smokers

Whit aboot the "Gorgie Turds"????

[StevesFamau5]

Not sure if anyone is aware of this but I have just switched on BT Sport and the AFL game between Freemantle and Carlton looks like a decent attendance.


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[Eyrie]

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Not sure if anyone is aware of this but I have just switched on BT Sport and the AFL game between Freemantle and Carlton looks like a decent attendance.


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On the other hand, the rugby this morning between the Highlanders and Hurricanes had no fans in attendance as New Zealand isn't taking any risks.

[AL-Qaholik]

They’re allowing 300 people per session for the snooker final at the Crucible today.

[Billy Whizz]

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They’re allowing 300 people per session for the snooker final at the Crucible today.

Yet you can’t get a few thousand into football?

[Sir David Gray]

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Yet you can’t get a few thousand into football?

I'm sure when English football resumes next month there will be crowds.

[The dalmeny]

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On the other hand, the rugby this morning between the Highlanders and Hurricanes had no fans in attendance as New Zealand isn't taking any risks.

And tomorrow’s Blues game cancelled completely

[Billy Whizz]

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I'm sure when English football resumes next month there will be crowds.

Are we still on for a review from around 14th September

[Sir David Gray]

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Are we still on for a review from around 14th September

The next review is due this Thursday, 20th August but I suspect nothing will be announced then about football fans.

The next one after that is 10th September and we should be told then whether it's going ahead or not. As things stand 14th September is a provisional date but nothing concrete's been decided yet.

There was also supposed to be test events mentioned but that seems to have gone quiet in the last couple of weeks.

[Ronniekirk]

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The next review is due this Thursday, 20th August but I suspect nothing will be announced then about football fans.

The next one after that is 10th September and we should be told then whether it's going ahead or not. As things stand 14th September is a provisional date but nothing concrete's been decided yet.

There was also supposed to be test events mentioned but that seems to have gone quiet in the last couple of weeks.

Nicola isn’t happy with Elite privileged Footballers being poor role models
Aberdeen still in lockdown so I am not as optimistic as I was a few weeks ago
But a lot can happen in the next three weeks and we could be back on course by then


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[Sir David Gray]

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Nicola isn’t happy with Elite privileged Footballers being poor role models
Aberdeen still in lockdown so I am not as optimistic as I was a few weeks ago
But a lot can happen in the next three weeks and we could be back on course by then


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I'm not hopeful at all that it will happen next month.