[Help] Mask wearing after matches in the concourse

[hans kraay fan club]

I think if your major concern is people not wearing masks, then perhaps a football stadium isn’t the best place for you to be.

This is a pretty shitty response, to somebody expressing a quite justifiable point.

There are many thousands of Albion season ticket holders, amongst them people with widely ranging views and concerns on all things covid. Some will have decided they give zero shits about the whole risk. Others will have specific vulnerabilities , family commitments, or are just more naturally cautious people.

Each of them have paid many hundreds of pounds for their season tickets, which they are not getting back, whether they attend or not. Each make their own mental risk assessment, and decide if the environment feels safe to attend. They all WANT to be able to go - they wouldn't have bought the tickets in the first place, otherwise.

I suspect that the OP here, is just about comfortable to attend, but not entirely so. Thousands are of a similar mindset. We (the club and the other fans) WANT those people to be back, creating an atmosphere, getting behind the team (and spending money...). In order for that to happen, we really all should be taking every single small precaution that helps in any way, to make the stadium as safe as it can be, and as many people as possible comfortable to attend.

Otherwise you are condemning the rest of the season to be played out in front of 15,000 - 18,000 people, and for the ST renewals to take a massive hit, when all those who have paid £500+ this season for games they didn't feel safe to attend, all walk away.

 

[A mex eyecan]

This is a pretty shitty response, to somebody expressing a quite justifiable point.

There are many thousands of Albion season ticket holders, amongst them people with widely ranging views and concerns on all things covid. Some will have decided they give zero shits about the whole risk. Others will have specific vulnerabilities , family commitments, or are just more naturally cautious people.

Each of them have paid many hundreds of pounds for their season tickets, which they are not getting back, whether they attend or not. Each make their own mental risk assessment, and decide if the environment feels safe to attend. They all WANT to be able to go - they wouldn't have bought the tickets in the first place, otherwise.

I suspect that the OP here, is just about comfortable to attend, but not entirely so. Thousands are of a similar mindset. We (the club and the other fans) WANT those people to be back, creating an atmosphere, getting behind the team (and spending money...). In order for that to happen, we really all should be taking every single small precaution that helps in any way, to make the stadium as safe as it can be, and as many people as possible comfortable to attend.

Otherwise you are condemning the rest of the season to be played out in front of 15,000 - 18,000 people, and for the ST renewals to take a massive hit, when all those who have paid £500+ this season for games they didn't feel safe to attend, all walk away.

well said

 

[Acker79]

Attending the last coupe, of games Ive noticed that the vast majority of fans are wearing masks in the concourse before games and at half time.

But large numbers in East Upper then choose to not both wearing a mask after the game, at the most congested time in the stair well and concourse.

My young son noticed the same asked why do I have to wear one when other people don’t.

So come on ... those of you who choose not to mask up in the busy indoor areas for 5 minutes at the end of the match. How did you come to this decision?

I wear my mask pretty much consistently from the approach until I'm clear of the crowds post game. But I can see if you are the type to not want to wear the mask for so long, you have the attitude "I'm going in to the conocurse, better put my mask on" when you enter the stadium, and at half-time. But post-game you're thinking "I'm going outside, don't need my mask for that".

 

[dazzer6666]

Would have thought most of us are so accustomed to mask-wearing now that it’s almost second-nature, particularly where it’s been mandated…..……….I didn’t find ‘get up from seat, put mask on, exit ground, take mask off’ too difficult to remember or action. I suspect [MENTION=12595]Acker79[/MENTION] is right re the end of the match and people making a swift exit not being bothered. However plenty pre-match and at half time on the concourse (loo queue) weren’t bothering either though, and very few in their seats (me included) following the ‘recommendation’ at all.

 

[Giraffe]

I commented the same. Lots of mask wearing going in, loads at half time and in the toilets but lots forgot on the way out. Odd really, because it’s the time when you’re most crammed together
and I can see why many would be concerned by this.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Maybe the club PA could respectfully remind fans at FT to put masks on?

For sure it would be nice if the club were at least a WEE bit more proactive in promoting mask-wearing on the concourses. Tho of course any efforts in that direction would be largely negated by packed trains full of lairy mask-dodgers

 

[dazzer6666]

I commented the same. Lots of mask wearing going in, loads at half time and in the toilets but lots forgot on the way out. Odd really, because it’s the time when you’re most crammed together
and I can see why many would be concerned by this.

It’s not necessarily the case though…we stayed to clap the lads off (in our otherwise deserted WSL row), by which time the stairs were clear…..then straight across the concourse which wasn’t at all crowded and straight out the gate. Inside for about 5 seconds, and not stood in any queue or crowded space at all.

 

[Official Old Man]

Sunday there was a steward at the exit of E3F at the bottom of the steps. He seemed to be pointing to some but as I had my mask on I missed why.

 

[Springal]

Maybe it needs to be treated as anti-social behaviour, same kind of treatment as if it was homophobic/racist/offensive chanting ? Few warning letters through the post might help

 

[sully]

This is a pretty shitty response, to somebody expressing a quite justifiable point.

There are many thousands of Albion season ticket holders, amongst them people with widely ranging views and concerns on all things covid. Some will have decided they give zero shits about the whole risk. Others will have specific vulnerabilities , family commitments, or are just more naturally cautious people.

Each of them have paid many hundreds of pounds for their season tickets, which they are not getting back, whether they attend or not. Each make their own mental risk assessment, and decide if the environment feels safe to attend. They all WANT to be able to go - they wouldn't have bought the tickets in the first place, otherwise.

I suspect that the OP here, is just about comfortable to attend, but not entirely so. Thousands are of a similar mindset. We (the club and the other fans) WANT those people to be back, creating an atmosphere, getting behind the team (and spending money...). In order for that to happen, we really all should be taking every single small precaution that helps in any way, to make the stadium as safe as it can be, and as many people as possible comfortable to attend.

Otherwise you are condemning the rest of the season to be played out in front of 15,000 - 18,000 people, and for the ST renewals to take a massive hit, when all those who have paid £500+ this season for games they didn't feel safe to attend, all walk away.

This is spot on.

I still haven’t been this season (or at all since the re-start), though I really want to.

Most of my decisions about what I currently do takes a great deal of account of others’ actions.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I have found the biggest issue with masks to be in the toilets. I'd say maybe 20% of people bother to wear masks. Loads of people coughing and obviously, they can't cover their mouth because they, ahem, have their hands full.

How is one meant to powder their nose with a mask on?

 

[wehatepalace]

I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said, in fact I totally agree, and I apologise maybe my initial reply was curt to say the least and probably didn’t sound like it did in my head.

However the fact does remain, that a football stadium probably isn’t the wisest place to be in a pandemic, mask wearing is always going to be very hit and miss, there’s going to be a fair amount of drunkenness and high jinks amongst the younger fans, and generally a certain amount of people won’t pay too much respect to the rules or other people.

In an ideal world everyone would abide by the rules, but they don’t, so my initial point remains, if I were genuinely afraid of catching covid, a football stadium is the last place I’d be, I’d also swerve pubs, cinemas and public transport.

This is a pretty shitty response, to somebody expressing a quite justifiable point.

There are many thousands of Albion season ticket holders, amongst them people with widely ranging views and concerns on all things covid. Some will have decided they give zero shits about the whole risk. Others will have specific vulnerabilities , family commitments, or are just more naturally cautious people.

Each of them have paid many hundreds of pounds for their season tickets, which they are not getting back, whether they attend or not. Each make their own mental risk assessment, and decide if the environment feels safe to attend. They all WANT to be able to go - they wouldn't have bought the tickets in the first place, otherwise.

I suspect that the OP here, is just about comfortable to attend, but not entirely so. Thousands are of a similar mindset. We (the club and the other fans) WANT those people to be back, creating an atmosphere, getting behind the team (and spending money...). In order for that to happen, we really all should be taking every single small precaution that helps in any way, to make the stadium as safe as it can be, and as many people as possible comfortable to attend.

Otherwise you are condemning the rest of the season to be played out in front of 15,000 - 18,000 people, and for the ST renewals to take a massive hit, when all those who have paid £500+ this season for games they didn't feel safe to attend, all walk away.

 

[Dave the OAP]

I have found the biggest issue with masks to be in the toilets. I'd say maybe 20% of people bother to wear masks. Loads of people coughing and obviously, they can't cover their mouth because they, ahem, have their hands full.

Or judging by the smell coming out of the NS bogs at the wolves game, it’s difficult to snort Cocaine or smoke weed whilst wearing a mask?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

If anyone is that worried just remain in your seats for a while and wait for the crowd to die, sorry die down

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Attending the last coupe, of games Ive noticed that the vast majority of fans are wearing masks in the concourse before games and at half time.

But large numbers in East Upper then choose to not both wearing a mask after the game, at the most congested time in the stair well and concourse.

My young son noticed the same asked why do I have to wear one when other people don’t.

So come on ... those of you who choose not to mask up in the busy indoor areas for 5 minutes at the end of the match. How did you come to this decision?

One solution is to leave early. We’ve only been to two home games this season but at both we left on 78 minutes. Before this season I had only once left a game early in 45 years but it avoids the problem you describe. Not an ideal solution but some football is better than no football and you can’t really rely on other people to be sensible.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

West stand upper and on Sunday I was fairly alarmed at how many people were not wearing masks on the concourse before, during and after the match, and lots by youngish men who could well have been in crowded pubs and worse………

 

[Billy the Fish]

West stand upper and on Sunday I was fairly alarmed at how many people were not wearing masks on the concourse before, during and after the match, and lots by youngish men who could well have been in crowded pubs and worse………

Come on you can't leave us hanging, on the scale of badness what's worse than a crowded pub?

 

[swindonseagull]

One solution is to leave early. We’ve only been to two home games this season but at both we left on 78 minutes. Before this season I had only once left a game early in 45 years but it avoids the problem you describe. Not an ideal solution but some football is better than no football and you can’t really rely on other people to be sensible.

Would it not be better tostay in your seat for 10 mins after the game? at least you will see the end?

 

[Lower West Stander]

I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said, in fact I totally agree, and I apologise maybe my initial reply was curt to say the least and probably didn’t sound like it did in my head.

However the fact does remain, that a football stadium probably isn’t the wisest place to be in a pandemic, mask wearing is always going to be very hit and miss, there’s going to be a fair amount of drunkenness and high jinks amongst the younger fans, and generally a certain amount of people won’t pay too much respect to the rules or other people.

In an ideal world everyone would abide by the rules, but they don’t, so my initial point remains, if I were genuinely afraid of catching covid, a football stadium is the last place I’d be, I’d also swerve pubs, cinemas and public transport.

I agree with this.

If you’re scared, just don’t go…..


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[Neville's Breakfast]

Would it not be better tostay in your seat for 10 mins after the game? at least you will see the end?

For Watford we also needed to get back to collect the dog. It worked so well with avoiding train queues as well that we did it again for Arsenal. An added problem with staying to the end was having other people shove past (too close) in the row. We had nobody to walk past so exit was easy.