the 12th man
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It was also announced that Slough was to go into Tier 3 while the rest of Berkshire goes into Tier 2.
Dulwich Hamlet and Coronavirus
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Pink Panther
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Slough, Tonbridge and Dartford are our last three away games of the season in May, we've already visited Ebbsfleet, so unless the sands shift once again the next behind closed doors away game should be Maidstone in February.
Various step 5 and 6 clubs are reporting the FA meeting last night advised those in tier two must keep clubhouses closed on resumption. Takeaway is permitted but cannot be consumed in the ground. Presumably that will be true at step two as well.
Various leagues badly hit by having clubs in tier three, no fans permitted, are now trying to work out whether to play on or suspend the season and hope their area moves out of tier three soon. This has the potential to stuff up promotion to tier two at the end of the season. The shorter term decision on whether to play on may impact local SCEFL clubs.
Edited to say Ollie Bayliss is now saying he believes grassroots teams will not be allowed to travel in/out of tier three so Peckham's league may also be impacted.
Various leagues badly hit by having clubs in tier three, no fans permitted, are now trying to work out whether to play on or suspend the season and hope their area moves out of tier three soon. This has the potential to stuff up promotion to tier two at the end of the season. The shorter term decision on whether to play on may impact local SCEFL clubs.
Edited to say Ollie Bayliss is now saying he believes grassroots teams will not be allowed to travel in/out of tier three so Peckham's league may also be impacted.
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pompeydunc
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There may be a wait for a capacity figure to be announced. It appears the league are still awaiting the arrival of some key info.
Dagenham & Redbridge FC | CLUB STATEMENT: Return Of Spectators
Read the following statement from the Club regarding the return of spectators.www.daggers.co.uk
How could anyone possibly predict that at some point a phased return of supporters would happen?!
Oh, right, yeah, it's blindingly obvious...and having all the ducks lined up in advance of the change would have been sensible and easy to do. Oh.
pompeydunc
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Telford have requested to put their match back a day to accommodate supporters.
www.telfordunited.com
Club Statement: Tier 2 announcement - AFC Telford United
Following today’s announcement that Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin has been placed in Tier 2, AFC Telford United are looking forward to welcoming our fans back to the New Bucks Head. The Football Club can confirm we have contacted both the National League and Hereford to request that next...
www.telfordunited.com
jimbarkanoodle
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BYOB Down the hill, then?
Telford have requested to put their match back a day to accommodate supporters.
Club Statement: Tier 2 announcement - AFC Telford United
Following today’s announcement that Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin has been placed in Tier 2, AFC Telford United are looking forward to welcoming our fans back to the New Bucks Head. The Football Club can confirm we have contacted both the National League and Hereford to request that next...
Ollie Bayliss is reporting the league will not consider such requests until they receive further information from the DCMS.
Hopefully they'll also ask whether the grants will continue in January and beyond. Now fans are - probably - back and much of Step 3 - 6 is going behind closed doors there must be a real risk that funding will go.
You'll need a lot of matches each month with only a few paying spectators, most will presumably be season ticket holders, and little secondary spend to make up £30/36k post tax. I can see cash flow problems for a few clubs if the grant is scrapped for those permitted spectators
mick mccartney
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for what it's worth , Chelsea Women have announced 2000/4000 capacity at Kingsmeadow .
Bugpowder Dust
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Could do corkage fee at the gate, £1 a can
dcdulwich
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It’s here - about 6 mins in - but is deleted tomorrow (Saturday) after the next lunchtime news.
BBC One - BBC London, Lunchtime News, 27/11/2020
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Pink Panther
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This was the best I could manage by looking over the wall from the other end, with the top of the pylon lying on the edge of the pitch.
jonesyboyo
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I've now seen a post on the moral victory facebook page that the Hungerford match will be all ticket, and they go on sale Wednesday
Pink Panther
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Let's hope it doesn't get washed out at lunchtime like the original fixture a couple of weeks ago. I don't want to be stuck with a match ticket for a game that ends up on a Tuesday night. Midweek peak period train fares are stupidly expensive on Great Western Ripoff.
Pink Panther
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This just reinforces my view that the season should have been cancelled altogether. I think all of us are expecting yet another lockdown once Christmas is out of the way as it is. You can't keep moving the goalposts on a weekly basis after so many people have put so much effort into complying with onerous new regulations. How on earth is any business supposed to operate under these conditions?
It's barely 48 hours since the lockdown was lifted. There's no way anyone can measure any fall or rise in infections over such a short time. If infections are rising it must have begun before the lockdown was lifted, in which case it makes yet another lockdown look futile to me. Everything has become far too complex and divisive. The entire country should be treated the same in my view, whether that's more strictly or more leniently. Just stop faffing about and confusing everything.
It's not due to the rate rising in London. The infection rate in London has stagnated on the last four days, not fallen, which is worrying him.
I think he's trying to get a message out that the area is being watched carefully, and that actions have consequences, ahead of the weekend and, in a longer view, Christmas.
Not read the article but a headline has just popped up, the Welsh First Minister has said the rate has stopped falling there too so it may be part of a co-ordinated media strategy. Probably not mind.
I think he's trying to get a message out that the area is being watched carefully, and that actions have consequences, ahead of the weekend and, in a longer view, Christmas.
Not read the article but a headline has just popped up, the Welsh First Minister has said the rate has stopped falling there too so it may be part of a co-ordinated media strategy. Probably not mind.
StephenMac
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Do you know what went on? I saw that somebody ended up on the pitch.
I think there will be widely differing levels of enforcement, depending on the club and local authority's attitude. Hungerford did it all pretty well yesterday. People were being sensible without being obsessive. There was a seemingly abandoned one way system which didn't matter as there was loads of room to move about. One official was going around telling people to put their masks on in the first half, which wasn't actually one of the stipulations, but people were generally left to not be idiots.
I left my mask on anyway because it was a handy added layer against the cold.
dcdulwich
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The single person on the pitch thing was done for a bet. They've been bailed to appear in court in January at which point I imagine they'll throw the most part of a decent sized library at him.
They also had fans who were militantly refusing to social distance. They were not known to the club. It may well get closed down (as you say theyre going to a further-reduced capacity anyway) and regular fans will be fucked over by a bunch of numpties.
We'll probably be in Tier 3 come January anyway...
StephenMac
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That makes grim reading. Hopefully we haven't got a sizeable covid denier bunch within our lot, if that was what was going on at Weymouth.
Completely agree though, it will take a miracle not to be in tier 3 in January. Obviously that won't be because of people going to football though, it'll be because of the five day wheeze the government have come up with that will form the perfect conditions for huge amounts of Covid transmission later this month.
The Weymouth statement refers to people refusing to socially distance, smuggling in alcohol and smoking in the ground.
Pink Panther
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It looks like they were allowed 800 and were expecting to be allowed more at the next game, but instead the number has been cut with a threat to ban everyone in the event of a recurrence.
Some people don't quite seem to grasp the concept of a club. You agree to respect club rules when you pay to enter, you don't just ignore the rules you don't like. If you won't do that, stay away.
MrFab_JP
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Great win last night, and it was nice to be back. though in terms of social distancing, with that many people in I don't think it's possible.
Also it appears the request of the club, not to change ends at half time was largely ignored. would also be nice if people didn't vape and blow the vapor around...
Also it appears the request of the club, not to change ends at half time was largely ignored. would also be nice if people didn't vape and blow the vapor around...
NPDHFC
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Interesting to see the approach that Oxford City have taken to opening up again. Obviously different circumstances for us in terms of size of supporter base etc.
www.heraldseries.co.uk
Supporters return to Oxford City tonight
OXFORD City will welcome 100 fans back to Court Place Farm tonight.
