10,000 spectarors only at EFL play off finals

With the Indian varient of Covid spreading so fast it feasibly may be zero. Wembley is in an area with a large Indian population.
 
I thought it was 20k for today's FA Cup Final. And remember they also had 1K in a confined indoor space for the snooker final! They will argue it's because these are 'test events' but the reality is it's just another example of how the powers that be are manipulating the situation to suit their needs. Common sense tells you that Wembley (a 90K stadium) could be a quarter full without breaching social distancing rules. Anyway, what are the government worried about given that all the vulnerable have been vacinated? Unless of course the potential impact of the vacine has been overhyped for political reasons 🤔
 
FA Cup is being used as a test event with a higher attendance than the 10k allowed after the 17th.

Only hope a dreamer can have is that if the test event goes well, they could raise it. I personally wouldn't get my hopes up though!
 
Not the case in the USA - they rapidly rolled out the vaccine en masse and basically cracking on with life.

if they’ve strong evidence that the vaccine can’t cope and people are being hospitalised then yes, let’s rethink lock downs and wait for the second phase of vaccines to combat it.
As of yet that is not remotely happening - we cannot carry on forever locked up
 
You are always going to get different variants. You get different variants of flu every year, which is why there is an annual vaccine program. The problem is that the media cotton on to this as significant and then 24 hr rolling news channels need something to report on so it gets blown out of all proportion. Rapidly evolving new variants will not be unexpected. There will be an annual booster jab for the elderly and vulnerable and we will all get on with our lives. With the current situation in the UK and the capacity of Wembley, there's absolutely no reason there shouldn't be 20,000 at least at each play off final.
 
BFC_53 said:
You are always going to get different variants. You get different variants of flu every year, which is why there is an annual vaccine program. The problem is that the media cotton on to this as significant and then 24 hr rolling news channels need something to report on so it gets blown out of all proportion. Rapidly evolving new variants will not be unexpected. There will be an annual booster jab for the elderly and vulnerable and we will all get on with our lives. With the current situation in the UK and the capacity of Wembley, there's absolutely no reason there shouldn't be 20,000 at least at each play off final.
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Absolutely spot on
 
Whichever two teams get there will have a max of 4000 tickets available I reckon. That's going to cause some team's messageboards to go into meltdown.
If we are lucky enough to get there, would you rather sit in a massive stadium 80 mile from the next person or sat in a pub or at home with your family/ mates watching it?
 
southshorepool said:
Whichever two teams get there will have a max of 4000 tickets available I reckon. That's going to cause some team's messageboards to go into meltdown.
If we are lucky enough to get there, would you rather sit in a massive stadium 80 mile from the next person or sat in a pub or at home with your family/ mates watching it?
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Wembley all the way 👍🏻👍🏻
 
There were loads more than 10k at the cup final and the top tier was mostly out of action. Very little anti-social distancing. Loads of hugging and kissing between fans and players. I do wish we could do away with this charade that some sort of scientific experiment is going on in the background when it could all be fully opened up tomorrow.
 
Play off Finals isn’t the same kind of pilot event as the FA CUP Final. Supporters need to be tested before and after the game amongst other things going on. The play offs, even though a pilot, isn’t having the same kind of testing as what the champions league final would have done. This is the governments argument whether we agree to it or not. They’ve told the EFL that they would have to carry out thorough Covid testing at a large scale before and after the games if they want to increase the attendance cap. The EFL would probably have to pay for it. Would they? We all know the answer to that question
 
BestTrip said:
Play off Finals isn’t the same kind of pilot event as the FA CUP Final. Supporters need to be tested before and after the game amongst other things going on. The play offs, even though a pilot, isn’t having the same kind of testing as what the champions league final would have done. This is the governments argument whether we agree to it or not. They’ve told the EFL that they would have to carry out thorough Covid testing at a large scale before and after the games if they want to increase the attendance cap. The EFL would probably have to pay for it. Would they? We all know the answer to that question
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The EFL wouldn't need too. Anyone can get a test and results within 20 minutes free.... That would cover the 48 hours upto kick off.. We have two test a week purely because my lad goes to school...
 
I don't understand, why not just do the same as today - 20k and you have to prove a negative test within a couple of days to be allowed entry - it's not like they just have to let anyone in.
 
southshorepool said:
Whichever two teams get there will have a max of 4000 tickets available I reckon. That's going to cause some team's messageboards to go into meltdown.
If we are lucky enough to get there, would you rather sit in a massive stadium 80 mile from the next person or sat in a pub or at home with your family/ mates watching it?
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Just name the pub, smiley.
 
rockontommy said:
There were loads more than 10k at the cup final and the top tier was mostly out of action. Very little anti-social distancing. Loads of hugging and kissing between fans and players. I do wish we could do away with this charade that some sort of scientific experiment is going on in the background when it could all be fully opened up tomorrow.
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Exactly, 3000 or 30000 at the fa cup final is fine by me, the government have the last say & also the reasons why supposedly so we just have to go along with it , I think that should be same for any event staged at Wembley regardless off who’s playing or for that matter what sport they are playing
 
If,and I repeat if, we get there then I’ll go if and again if I am lucky enough to get a ticket.If it is restricted to 4000 per club then I may be lucky or maybe not.

I was fortunate, being an “early bird” in getting my 2020/21 season ticket, to have received a ticket for the Swindon game and now one for the home play off game.

Not long ago we were not expecting to see any football fans in grounds in the foreseeable future so the fact that some attendees are now being allowed is at least a step in the right direction.Yes it would be great if the numbers were greater for these finals and yes it would be great if there were less tickets allocated to sponsors but in the both the current and real world this isn’t that realistic.

It would be nice if Sky were to make all the play off games free to air, which did happen for some Premiership games ,but somehow I doubt it even though it would generate good publicity for them which would make a change.Mind you I don’t have Sky ( just BT sport ) so I would say that wouldn’t I 😉😳.
 
I was told that Chelsea and Leicester got 6000 tickets each.
9000 tickets were other corporate? Anyone else hear this?
If true, how is that looking after fans of the clubs there?
 
Bandagem said:
I was told that Chelsea and Leicester got 6000 tickets each.
9000 tickets were other corporate? Anyone else hear this?
If true, how is that looking after fans of the clubs there?
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A lot of it was local residents and NHS staff
 
Incredible. We have a game on Tuesday against Oxford and people are whining like kids about attendance numbers at the final as if we've already qualified. Poor show.
 
Bandagem said:
NHS staff at the present time is a positive thing I guess.
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Local residents? it’s just stupid to let the neutrals in, as for NHS why? Any NHS workers who support either of the teams involved then yes I totally understand that they should get priority but random NHS workers who just fancy meandering down to Wembley for a game they couldn’t care less about is just daft, rewarding them is good but not if it stops fans going who love their team and are desperate for a win, lots of better ways to say thanks to the NHS workers I reckon
 
Cuthbert said:
With the Indian varient of Covid spreading so fast it feasibly may be zero. Wembley is in an area with a large Indian population.
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But no evidence yet that vaccine won't protect still against serious decease and thats the main thing.

Also it doesn't matter if Wembley has a population all with covid as long as they aren't going near stadium with the fans.

We've got to get there yet but have always said if we did get there it will be disappointing as usualy this is a massive moment in bringing fans in and generating buzz, ok can still happen in pubs etc but not the same.

I've been taking covid seriously and don't want it, however a government claiming to follow the science, at times, is becoming laughable.

There was no reason fans couldn't attend in small numbers all season, you could easily spread a few k out in bloomfield road with proper distancing and a system for entering and leaving, they wouldn't be near each other.

So Wembley is just unbelievably over cautious for no reason.

Whatever science they claim to follow doesn't add up. Also why not utilise the damn vaccine programme, distancing, bubbles and tests if they are so worried and again want to 'follow the science' and use common sense.

You could have vaccinated people, peolle tested before hand etc. It could be made as safe as you'll get but seems overly cautious from a government who can't risk Andy more deaths in high numbers after fluffing many things early on like shutting borders more and implementing a proper quarantine so things like the Indian variant wernt easily improved.

Looks like they failed there.

It makes no sense about Wembley when was going to say tomorrow but today now the rules state people can meet outside on a group if no more than 30.

So you will have groups in pubs of 30 with no distancing outside yet outside in a stadium fans can't sit in seats with less people around them and not all face to face. Bubbles and groups of the same numbers allowed in pubs should be spread around the stadium so no bubble is within 2 m of each other. Could easily have lots of fans in safely.
 
So genuine fans who will be gutted can’t attend are being replaced by NHS staff who probably arnt bothered either way and in some cases probably won’t even go.
An absolute disgraceful decision by the FA of true.
 
Macseasider said:
Incredible. We have a game on Tuesday against Oxford and people are whining like kids about attendance numbers at the final as if we've already qualified. Poor show.
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You really are turning into a moaning ** Mac? The conversation is a conversation whether we get there or not. Or us or Oxford it's a joke. There are numerous blocks that could be open to allow 10k fans from both sides to safely and social distance within the stadium.
 
SeasideKurt said:
You really are turning into a moaning ** Mac? The conversation is a conversation whether we get there or not. Or us or Oxford it's a joke. There are numerous blocks that could be open to allow 10k fans from both sides to safely and social distance within the stadium.
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Is not me that's moaning is it? It's you. Moan moan moan.
 
Bandagem said:
I was told that Chelsea and Leicester got 6000 tickets each.
9000 tickets were other corporate? Anyone else hear this?
If true, how is that looking after fans of the clubs there?
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Fa cup final has always had a large number of tickets given to other clubs. Don't all FA members usually get some, including grassroots?
 
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