It’s November 2020 - Will we see fans in stadiums this season?

[Angus Scott]

7 months since the first lockdown & going into this 2nd one we seem to have made no progress. It would be no surprise if we have made no progress in another 7 months & further lockdowns will be ordered next Spring. If that is the case there will be very few leisure establishments left anyway.

 

There appears to be no solution to this & I have resigned myself to the fact that I will never go on holiday again, never go to football again & probably never go to the pub again.

[fox766]

I have to agree with most on here, so it's a no from me.

[RowlattsFox]

I was watching some fan videos on YouTube the other day from various years and games, but wish I didn't because it made me sad. Teared up watching the "we're gonna win the league" scenes from Palace and I wasn't even there that day. 

 

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

8 hours ago, RowlattsFox said:

Not at the highest level I don't think. It all depends how quickly live moves on after a vaccine, if it arrives. 

That's the clincher, really.

[whetstonefox]

Given the Spurs game is 23rd May, I’d say there’s a good chance we will have at least 25%. Can’t see away fans being allowed back though till 22/23 season 

[foxinsocks]

No...  the mood of the politicians is to lock down... even though there is little to suggest that these measures work. The leadership wont stand up for sense.

[Corky]

No. Football fans will be last on the Government's list of priorities.

 

Look at the absolute farce around people being allowed to watch matches in stadium bars with curtains closed so you can't see the pitch, the nonsense around "elite" sport where Conference South games can't have spectators.

 

We're just not that important to the Government.

[ARM1968]

Things will get a lot worse and we’ll be lucky to see the season finish. We’ve only just dipped our toes into autumn and the shit is hitting the fan. By Christmas I imagine full on panic will set in. 

[blueharmie]

Will be lucky to get in next season. This one... No chance. 

[Chrysalis]

Given I think this lockdown wont do what is hoped for which means it will take much longer to raise confidence, I think there is very little chance of attended games this season.  Also a fair few of us havent been out of lockdown since the first national one, as the city has been in some kind of lockdown since then.

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[themightyfin]

Simply no

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[Monk]

Well that didn’t last long. Boris announcements today that we may be able to have fans in grounds before the end of the year!

[nnickn]

Ater reading from the start of thread, got to say the predictive ability of the forum collective leaves a bit to be desired

[HybridFox]

Not in Leicester we won't

[fuchsntf]

So..does it mean if you have been tested had a vaccine, you can apply to become a Short Term season ticket holder.....

Or can any potential or Certified Zombie apply...

 

Football on the field,...Then the Ricky-Horror Show on the terraces...

[FoyleFox]

I have to say I'm very surprised by the announcement today regarding fans returning. Lockdown 2 hasn't ended and cases are still very high in many areas. I thought fans returning would be well down the agenda. 

It'll be interesting to see how many tier 2 areas there are on Thursday. 

[Dan]

It's progress, but we need them full! Hopefully when the vaccine has been distributed we can get this.

[squarez]

On 02/11/2020 at 08:30, Danny Clender said:

I think the government will want to get people back in stadiums as soon as possible to gain a tenuous tick in their "How we handled Corona" for's column. 

It will be purely a political statement, so I've voted yes. 

Prescient.

 

I also predict that getting people back in so soon will be a disaster but it will be swept under the rug as the other guaranteed disasters of their vaccine rollout and Brexit deal will dominate the spotlight over the next couple of months.

 

You can't say this government isn't consistant.

[suffolk fox]

according to some joke rags there will be no singing and no alcohol allowed.  On that basis alone its a no from me until some sort of normality returns.

[squarez]

5 minutes ago, suffolk fox said:

according to some joke rags there will be no singing and no alcohol allowed.  On that basis alone its a no from me until some sort of normality returns.

My predictions are already coming true.

[Christoph]

If i have to be a guinea pig to the vaccine which means I can go to football then sign me up. I can live with my future kids having three toes if need be 

[ian__marshall]

I would have thought that having 4000 fans inside a stadium isn't sufficient enough to cover the operating costs so suspect few will open their doors in Tier 1. I'd be amazed if any Tier 2s allowed fans back in as it seems a pointless exercise. 

 

Also not sure how the PL will manage this. Surely teams in Tier 3 will kick up a fuss if fans aren't allowed in their grounds but opposition in lower tiers are. Could make a big difference to those teams down near the bottom of the league and poses an unfair advantage both in terms of on pitch performance and commercial revenue. 

[justfoxes]

To be honest when a team with a 4000 fan capacity can have 2000 fans in is that really fair to the bigger teams with bigger grounds to only have 2000 fans into the stadium, and logistically & financially would it be worth it to the club & how will they fairly allocate the tickets then there’s the restrictions no singing or chanting no refreshments ?

 

So i for one will hang on till we can experience the KP how we love it !

[justfoxes]

1 hour ago, Christoph said:

If i have to be a guinea pig to the vaccine which means I can go to football then sign me up. I can live with my future kids having three toes if need be 

You mean your moving to Derby? 😂

[SemperEadem]

Couple of thousand in all sat miles apart and not allowed to sing. Sounds crap.