[Albion] Premier League optimistic of fans returning next season

[Change at Barnham]

How many of the Amex's 30750 (?) seats are taken by season ticket holders?

I'd be interested to know in order to consider if it's feasible to maybe just allow season ticket holders after an initial trial with lower numbers.

I would guess we have about 22000 season ticket holders.

 

[Bozza]

How many of the Amex's 30750 (?) seats are taken by season ticket holders?

I'd be interested to know in order to consider if it's feasible to maybe just allow season ticket holders after an initial trial with lower numbers.

I would guess we have about 22000 season ticket holders.

Including 1901ers, I believe it's in the 22-23,000 range, yes.

 

[Mancgull]

Anyone else feel like they’d rather wait an extra 3-6 months or whatever, to be back at full capacity?

Can imagine a third full Amex with social distancing would make for an eerie and synthetic atmosphere.

No change there then.

 

[Glawstergull]

I don't want it TBH, I want Football League Division 1, terraces and pipe smoke.

I’m not sure what I want but I do feel there will be a massive opportunity missed to recalibrate the whole money ball thing.

 

[studio150]

Interesting. Phased approach could mean any number of things. I suspect they will start with something like 10-20% stadium capacity and then gradually ramp it up?

Will you please refrain from using Government catch phrases.

 

[lawros left foot]

By 'phased', I guess that can't be one stand at a time, as you'll still get crowds of people sitting together. Or will it be odd seat numbers/rows one week, evens the next?!

If you leave before 85 minutes, you’ll be allowed to go, If you stay till the end you can’t.

 

[METALMICKY]

I wonder what the plans are for the phased return. It is impossible at this stage to know the demand for seats but I wonder how they would decide which seats to make available.

Oh come on old chap 1901 seats first surely

 

[Weststander]

Anyone else feel like they’d rather wait an extra 3-6 months or whatever, to be back at full capacity?

Can imagine a third full Amex with social distancing would make for an eerie and synthetic atmosphere.

That’s a given anyway.

No way will PL games be allowed capacity pretendances in Aug, Sept and Oct.

 

[southstandandy]

Would love this to happen but 3 gigs I had booked for October have now been rearranged to 2021 (the largest of which was 5000 people at the Brighton Centre). Be surprised if 10 or 15,000 would suddenly be allowed at the Amex before then. Can't wait personally though to get back to my concerts and the football.

 

[pasty]

If it's a phased approach starting with low numbers and gradually increasing, I can't wait for the absolute BINFEST those lovable uberfans and atmosphere generators, The Palace Always Ultras are going to cause

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Oh come on old chap 1901 seats first surely

TBF you are so far away from the rest of us plebs you pose very little infection risk. I agree to your plan.

 

[Poojah]

Would love this to happen but 3 gigs I had booked for October have now been rearranged to 2021 (the largest of which was 5000 people at the Brighton Centre). Be surprised if 10 or 15,000 would suddenly be allowed at the Amex before then. Can't wait personally though to get back to my concerts and the football.

Personally, I think there’s a lot that could happen between now, the end of May, and October. That’s four months - four months ago the phrases ‘Covid-19’ and ‘coronavirus’ weren’t even in most people’s lexicon. Even if they were, it was just another unfortunate problem for the Far East - tomorrow’s fish and chip paper. Four months is a very long time for the world to change, both for the better and for the worse, in a very significant way.

I’m not talking about a vaccine - at least not one fit and ready to be rolled out to the masses. I’m referring to the general pattern we’re seeing globally as countries gradually exit lockdown. Freedom keeps on increasing, testing keeps on increasing, and yet cases fall; deaths fall. It doesn’t make sense on the basis that the only effective means for true suppression is immunity either through previous infection or vaccination. There has to be something else at play, be it immunity through other means (such as previous exposure to other coronaviruses, as seems to be being touted by various medical journals) or the virus mutating into something medically insignificant.

Of course, no government is going to allude to this yet. If it’s wrong, and the message is taken as a green light to resume life as we knew it, the consequences could be serious. They are erring in the side of caution, and understandably so. However, I would bet good money on there being ‘mass gatherings’ happening in the UK before Christmas. And yes, if you like, that is an offer.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Oh come on old chap 1901 seats first surely

I guess you meant that in jest, but it WILL surely be the case.

The club are going to be refunding a lot of ticket money. If a season ticket in the North works out at £19 a game, and a platinum 1901 seat, at £120, which one do you think they’ll choose to refund...?

 

[ringmerseagulltoo]

That would be a bugger for my wife and I with adjacent seats. We would both see alternate matches. Beer and pie sales would become unpredictable, I always have them and she doesn’t. Chaos would ensue.

 

[portslade seagull]

Much reduced capacity though

 

[jamie the seagull]

La Liga are planning to gradually bring supporters back to stadiums in the 2020-21 season if the Ministry of Health agrees, according to
@partidazocope

From September 12 (start of new season): 30% capacity
From November: 50% capacity
From January 2021: 100% capacity

 

[METALMICKY]

I guess you meant that in jest, but it WILL surely be the case.

The club are going to be refunding a lot of ticket money. If a season ticket in the North works out at £19 a game, and a platinum 1901 seat, at £120, which one do you think they’ll choose to refund...?

Yes the clue was in the " old chap ".

 

[Wozza]

If there's any kind of second spike in the UK - and, let's face it, there will be - I don't see fans at football anytime soon.

I reckon we're looking at 2021...

 

[Jim in the West]

Personally, I think there’s a lot that could happen between now, the end of May, and October. That’s four months - four months ago the phrases ‘Covid-19’ and ‘coronavirus’ weren’t even in most people’s lexicon. Even if they were, it was just another unfortunate problem for the Far East - tomorrow’s fish and chip paper. Four months is a very long time for the world to change, both for the better and for the worse, in a very significant way.

I’m not talking about a vaccine - at least not one fit and ready to be rolled out to the masses. I’m referring to the general pattern we’re seeing globally as countries gradually exit lockdown. Freedom keeps on increasing, testing keeps on increasing, and yet cases fall; deaths fall. It doesn’t make sense on the basis that the only effective means for true suppression is immunity either through previous infection or vaccination. There has to be something else at play, be it immunity through other means (such as previous exposure to other coronaviruses, as seems to be being touted by various medical journals) or the virus mutating into something medically insignificant.

Of course, no government is going to allude to this yet. If it’s wrong, and the message is taken as a green light to resume life as we knew it, the consequences could be serious. They are erring in the side of caution, and understandably so. However, I would bet good money on there being ‘mass gatherings’ happening in the UK before Christmas. And yes, if you like, that is an offer.

There seem to be quite a few positive signs, but I'm a natural pessimist! As such, I'm drawn to the fact that the senior government advisors have apparently said they're uneasy about the lockdown changes currently happening. I just checked the FT data, and we have just about the highest rate of daily infections in Europe (the only countries above us are Sweden [who have pretty much zero lockdown] and Belarus [!!]). Plus, the number of infections seems to be INCREASING over the past week.

My concern is that the feast of footie we are promised over the summer will be a huge excuse for people to get together with a few drinks to watch the matches on TV. Coupled with things like schools going back, the "Cummings" effect, and the inadequacies of "Test and Trace" - this is a recipe for a second wave. Unfortunately, I have absolutely zero confidence in this government's ability to manage us through this disaster.

 

[Poojah]

There seem to be quite a few positive signs, but I'm a natural pessimist! As such, I'm drawn to the fact that the senior government advisors have apparently said they're uneasy about the lockdown changes currently happening. I just checked the FT data, and we have just about the highest rate of daily infections in Europe (the only countries above us are Sweden [who have pretty much zero lockdown] and Belarus [!!]). Plus, the number of infections seems to be INCREASING over the past week.

My concern is that the feast of footie we are promised over the summer will be a huge excuse for people to get together with a few drinks to watch the matches on TV. Coupled with things like schools going back, the "Cummings" effect, and the inadequacies of "Test and Trace" - this is a recipe for a second wave. Unfortunately, I have absolutely zero confidence in this government's ability to manage us through this disaster.

Genuine question, are they increasing as a percentage of tests conducted?