Let Us Back In!

[Wintergreen]

MORE SO THAN EVER!

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Please support this petition - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552036

https://www.nwemail.co.uk/sport/1880399 ... ack-anchor

[Wintergreen]

Nearly 200,000 signatures so far; Parliament to debate this petition on 9 November 2020.

[+[ [[Kris]] ]+]

Signed but not holding out much hope. Pretty sure some of these debates are getting delayed. One I signed recently certainly has.

[Wintergreen]

The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Allow football fans to attend matches at all levels”.

Government responded:

We will take the earliest opportunity to look again at getting spectators safely back into stadia but this must clearly be done carefully against the prevailing health conditions.

Football clubs form the bedrock of our communities and play a vital role in the local economy. Their importance has been clearly demonstrated throughout the pandemic with clubs at all levels providing incredible support to their area.

That is why the Government is committed to supporting sports clubs up and down the country, with many football clubs benefitting from the Government’s unprecedented financial support to businesses.

The Government is fully aware of the importance of getting spectators back into stadia for many sports, and the financial consequences of the decision not to allow this from 1 October. The evidence received from the Chief Medical Officer was very clear that at a time of rapidly rising infections, and when the Government was considering restrictions elsewhere, it was not the right time to undertake any further easements.

We will continue to work closely with a whole range of sports to understand the latest thinking that might allow spectators to return. This includes the creation of a new Sports Technology Innovation Working Group of sporting bodies and health experts to analyse new technologies which might support this. This will supplement the draft government guidance, and the SGSA supplementary guidance to their Green Guide, which has been internationally welcomed.

We are committed to getting spectators back into stadia as soon as it is safe to do so.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

[blue nige]

Signed but not holding out much hope. Pretty sure some of these debates are getting delayed. One I signed recently certainly has.

it's going to be debated in Parliament on 9th November!

[HenneysKnee]

Think we all know what parliament will say (and yes I’ve signed for all the good it will do)

[+[ [[Kris]] ]+]

Hopefully there'll be an update on those 'new technologies' the Sports Technology Innovation Working Group have been beavering on.

[Wintergreen]

As an aside, I’m pretty sure l heard the guy who provides commentary for Workington say the other night ‘...another full house here at Borough Park...’.
I think it’s 400-ish but surely that could have been rolled out pro rata up the pyramid by now if things were seen to be running smoothly.
It would also have helped us to familiarise ourselves with - here it comes - the new normal.

[Wintergreen]

Last bump for this petition https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552036

Being debated in Parliament a week today; 509 signatures from the Barrow and Furness constituency so far. Could / should happen after lockdown 2.0.

[HenneysKnee]

Could / should happen after lockdown 2.0.

You really think football fans will be allowed back into grounds at the beginning of December?

[Bottleofsass]

This aged well.

[Wintergreen]

Could / should happen after lockdown 2.0.

You really think football fans will be allowed back into grounds at the beginning of December?

Nobody knows do they; hope for the best prepare for the worst. Fans are in the grounds now - depending on the level.

[McMark]

Lock down three from the second week in January will be the game changer in my opinion 6 dark weeks to test us all to the max!

[Wintergreen]

Maybe the the Government will sense that business and the community have had enough and won’t comply? Maybe it could be mitigated like all the other hazards we try to control as we go about our lives?

[+[ [[Kris]] ]+]

In the returning to normal league table, we are in the relegation places. Lockdown 2 is a home defeat to Workington.