FA Cup semi-final to have spectators
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One of next month's FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley will be among the pilot events to trial the return of crowds to UK venues.
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29/03/2021 15:41:44
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Hardly fair on the teams that won't have supporters.
Good point but we have to do pilots and unfortunately it’s not just football other sports are being piloted so not both finals can have fans
Or Man City, as they're otherwise known.
Why not fans at both games?
As BBC are showing the EL Cashico game, it should be the other game that has the fans then.
As BBC are showing the EL Cashico game, it should be the other game that has the fans then.
How dare you come on here with your logic and rationale.
Think about the money, the favouritism, commercial potential, advertising opportunities and darn right bias that must be thought about first and foremost
Think about the money, the favouritism, commercial potential, advertising opportunities and darn right bias that must be thought about first and foremost
"Why not fans at both games?"
Probably a precaution due to covid, not allowing surfaces to be touched etc
Probably a precaution due to covid, not allowing surfaces to be touched etc
This whole season hasn't been normal and fair, lets be honest. It will just be nice to have fans back!
I agree great to see a larger number of fans
I would imagine,knowing how the football world operates,that the match chosen will be Chelsea v Man City two of the alleged Top Six clubs.No room for the Foxes and the Saints.
Yeh but that game is better because tuchel is on this amazing run and Man City are just hard to beat
I totally agree, I would personally have Leicester and Southampton have the supporters in their game. No disrespect to either club, they do not get a chance to get to a game at Wembley that much.
Alleged? They're referred to as the top six for a reason.
Agreed. Sick of seeing media titled 'Big 6' (what does that mean or represent anyway? Are Spurs 'Big 6' just because they got a new stadium but have won nowt in years?) on TV. Rather see others when given the chance
Ka-ching!
Who cares , fa cup so what , get pubs open
Pubs are pointless.
So you think opening pubs, which are indoor facilities with people who are drinking and not following the COVID prevention rules is a better idea than having a limited number of fans in an open-air stadium? When the UK gets to 75-80% vaccination numbers, then it might be safe to open up places like pubs. Meanwhile, small crowds at football matches should be okay.
When you account for the hangers on from the FA, sponsors & guests, corporate hospitality and club officials, the actual number of real fans able to get a ticket will be very small.
Saving lives > watching sport.
As a sports fan, I'd rather not attend for the greater good.
Watching sport isn't a necessity or priority for me.
Making everyone safe is.
As a sports fan, I'd rather not attend for the greater good.
Watching sport isn't a necessity or priority for me.
Making everyone safe is.
Same every year, you just to look at the corporate seats at 50 mins, completely empty, still in the bar sipping champagne.
Spot on with that comment . Atmosphere will be pants with so few in such a big stadium , so rather make my own atmosphere at home and watch on t.v.
Didn`t we have all this before, where fans were allowed back, and then they all shut down again. Why not just wait until it is absolutely safe, ie everybody has had two jabs. What`s the rush?
It's been safe for weeks now since the most vulnerable were vaccinated, therefore nullifying the overwhelming majority of the threat with 1 dose that is more effective than the flu jab. Everything else has been a political charade, strangely we're not more concerned with 'cases' than hospitalisations/deaths. 3 weeks to flatten the curve...
Because waiting any longer would mean that the Euro matches that Boris is getting a backhander to stage wouldn't be able to go on without any test events! Plus the numpties who don't believe that Covid is real would kick off again ... and Boris doesn't want that either. Also ... but rushing into things the hospitals will fill up again so the Nurses will be too busy to complain about their 1%!
It does seem a bit stupid to 'rush' as there are only around 8 league games left this season. May as well wait until next season ie August.
Get over the fact half the population won't accept a trial jab until 2023! With a 99% chance of recovery from Convid there's no need to lock it all down. Jog on!
Hear, hear.
Perfect opportunity to use the FA Vase Final as a pilot event, just hope the government and others involved see sense and look to support non-league football.
History will laugh at how we're still tiptoeing around something that now poses almost no threat.
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Where did you get your PhD in immunology? Or was it epidemiology?
The FA have decided the allocation of seating will be based on the entertainment value of the sides involved. Consequently, Chelsea have been sent 4 tickets in the post. Second class.
It should be the City vs Chelsea game. Fans deserve to see City winning the quadruple!
Why not just lets get on with it. All over 50 safe. Who are we protecting ?
The young people who don’t have the vaccine and they might be super spreaders
Good to see fans returning to stadiums hopefully the Chelsea city game get fans cos that game will exciting and at least we won’t have to have fake crowd noise
Who cares has anyone been taking notice this year. Multiple draws A vs b/c or d? FA have completely destroyed this competition, Semi Finals at Wembley? totally devalued now.....Jumpers for goalposts be more exciting.
Who cares , fa cup so what , get pubs open
People who's teams aren't in the FA cup ... so Utd, Scousers, Spuds and Gooners
The women of Manchester have missedme
I’ll go first, if it’s Chelsea v City.
City still won’t sell 5,000 tickets
City havent got history
The other 3 teams will sell 100,000 tickets
Emptihad.
There we go, phew! Glad i got in there quickly as that means i am absolutely hilarious! Barrel of laughs and not original
City still won’t sell 5,000 tickets
City havent got history
The other 3 teams will sell 100,000 tickets
Emptihad.
There we go, phew! Glad i got in there quickly as that means i am absolutely hilarious! Barrel of laughs and not original
100,000 for Chelsea hahaha what you smoking?
Poor effort.
No mention of fair play, ABU, Pep, £400M defence or Oil, which is unforgivable as you did use the word ‘barrel’
No mention of fair play, ABU, Pep, £400M defence or Oil, which is unforgivable as you did use the word ‘barrel’
Good job Manchester United were knocked out, otherwise the government would have to consult with Ryanair about arrangements.
Hahahahaha brilliant ????and extra patrols on the M1 and M25
Funny how we got 65,000 crowds when fuel strike was on in 2001
I would have thought most of Man U fans are within walking distance or a short bus ride from Wembley anyway. That’s if they can get off their armchair to watch ‘their’ team.
History will laugh at how we're still tiptoeing around something that now poses almost no threat.
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How so? Those at risk of suffering fatally have all now had/had the opportunity to have 1 dose, which is much more effective than the flu jab which kills 10k+ most years, a situation we're comfortable with as a society. Hospitalisations/deaths are essentially now as low as they're ever going to get. Cases numbers are tiny. Buffoons are those that can't think apply logic, like you.
The vaccine doesn’t stop people getting or spreading the virus. The vaccine just stops you getting sick.
I hope it’s the Chelsea v Manchester City with a crowd because the other semi final is between two very small teams in Leicester and Southampton so not many fans will go to that semi final anyway ????
Agree
I don't think fans would turn up for City v Chelsea considering both teams are known for having small fan bases and hundreds of empty seats esp city ??
Pathetic support from both oil clubs
Pathetic support from both oil clubs
One has two interesting teams in it. The other is Chelsea vs Man City
Given there will only be 4K fans allowed in I doubt that will be a problem.
I hope it’s the Chelsea v Manchester City with a crowd because the other semi final is between two very small teams in Leicester and Southampton so not many fans will go to that semi final anyway ????
" Wow" - Ian Wright
Surely it will have to be the Leicester vs Southampton game then?
Seen as Man City don't have any fans......
Seen as Man City don't have any fans......
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Brilliant - see my post 16.54!
Hope to see you down the local comedy show after lock down.
“City have no fans” - did you think of that all by yourself Ha Ha Ha
Peter Kay beware
Brilliant - see my post 16.54!
Hope to see you down the local comedy show after lock down.
“City have no fans” - did you think of that all by yourself Ha Ha Ha
Peter Kay beware
I reckon you could get 20,000 to nearly any game at the moment. I’ve no idea who is playing in the FA Vase final, but I’m up for going
Typical premiership fan with a totally stupid comment. Non league finals day can easily get 20,000+ spectators.
The Vase is a great idea. If it doesn't work with a small crowd then lessons can be learnt for larger ones. They need to learn to walk and not go straight to a sprint. If the big one fails then that'll be the end of the experiment.
You get more flowers in the vase than you would at the game
The FA Vase always attracts in excess of 20,000.
I would imagine quite easily. We are looking at football fans starved of stadium football.
I hope it’s the Chelsea v Manchester City with a crowd because the other semi final is between two very small teams in Leicester and Southampton so not many fans will go to that semi final anyway ????
It's been safe for weeks now since the most vulnerable were vaccinated, therefore nullifying the overwhelming majority of the threat with 1 dose that is more effective than the flu jab. Everything else has been a political charade, strangely we're not more concerned with 'cases' than hospitalisations/deaths. 3 weeks to flatten the curve...
Calm down, you'll burst a blood vessel in your head.
See your post 16.54? Lol no one is going to go and find your post to hear you whine some more. We got enough of that from this post lol
It was just a laugh mate relax a little!
Hope to see you down the Emptyhad after lockdown eases, but I have a funny feeling you won't be there. No one is usually. Ha Ha Ha
It was just a laugh mate relax a little!
Hope to see you down the Emptyhad after lockdown eases, but I have a funny feeling you won't be there. No one is usually. Ha Ha Ha
"We're not really here".
Mansfield 1999
Mansfield 1999
I totally agree, I would personally have Leicester and Southampton have the supporters in their game. No disrespect to either club, they do not get a chance to get to a game at Wembley that much.
And each one of them has 12 HYS accounts ... so they make it look more!
Yawn. Idiot.
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Stockport County report they lost 12 fans in 2008.
Wonder where they went?
Wonder where they went?
You must be a billy no mates flogging that dead horse - life and soul of a funeral.
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And 10 of those were Oldham fans!
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Better 12 real fans through thick and thin than 75,000 cockney, Irish, bristolian and Asian fans travelling to Salford
Average attendance in 1998-99 was 28,261 in the third division.
I am one of them. Not sure you can count past 12 so I guess we shouldn't be too concerned about your comment.
Yes but perhaps, them twelve have a brain.
Whilst you demonstrate that you perhaps have the brains of a donkey.
Whilst you demonstrate that you perhaps have the brains of a donkey.
Ha ha ha hahahaha, brilliant, so funny
So hilarious. Such an original line!!! You should be a comedian.
I hope it’s the Chelsea v Manchester City with a crowd because the other semi final is between two very small teams in Leicester and Southampton so not many fans will go to that semi final anyway ????
The FA have decided the allocation of seating will be based on the entertainment value of the sides involved. Consequently, Chelsea have been sent 4 tickets in the post. Second class.
Nah they don't
Yeah some of them have supported Al-Citey for almost a decade.
Haha keep dreaming. ??????
History will laugh at how we're still tiptoeing around something that now poses almost no threat.
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Who cares , fa cup so what , get pubs open
They're also not compulsory so please feel free to not go to one.
Blunt pencils are pointless, not pubs!!!
A massive stadium with multiple entry and exits what will they really learn-except that transport will be the big problem. how about this you can only go if jabbed.Not fair probably but....
Agree
That’s all well and good of you but how much silverware do Southampton win? How many final appearances? Not many. So enjoy your team winning nothing and getting beat 9-0 by ironically Leicester and Manchester United
In case I started as a West Ham when I was like 4 then moved to Tottenham to wind my dad up then moved to arsenal and because van persie left for Man U I I chose to supply Man U and have stuck with them ever since I’m 17 now
I’ll go first, if it’s Chelsea v City.
City still won’t sell 5,000 tickets
City havent got history
The other 3 teams will sell 100,000 tickets
Emptihad.
There we go, phew! Glad i got in there quickly as that means i am absolutely hilarious! Barrel of laughs and not original
City still won’t sell 5,000 tickets
City havent got history
The other 3 teams will sell 100,000 tickets
Emptihad.
There we go, phew! Glad i got in there quickly as that means i am absolutely hilarious! Barrel of laughs and not original
Back on your 7th place perch
Because they're 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 9th?
Shame that Man United never got through to the semi finals as most of their fans would not have to travel from Manchester
could say the same about u loool
Liverpool have just as many plastic fans
The trip from Torquay or Stavangar would have been too much for plastic dip fans
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Brilliant - see my post 16.54!
Hope to see you down the local comedy show after lock down.
“City have no fans” - did you think of that all by yourself Ha Ha Ha
Peter Kay beware
Brilliant - see my post 16.54!
Hope to see you down the local comedy show after lock down.
“City have no fans” - did you think of that all by yourself Ha Ha Ha
Peter Kay beware
Everyone will be jammed onto trains, the Underground or coaches to get to Wembley so social distancing at the stadium may be a bit late
Yeh buts it like that now anyway people still go to work so makes no difference
Unlikely. 10,000-20,000 people for Wembley is peanuts and they'll all arrive at staggered times anyway.
There's going to be a limited number of fans heading to the stadium. so it won't be as jammed and packed compared to pre pandemic match days
More likely to travel but car than a covid incubation tube.
How so? Those at risk of suffering fatally have all now had/had the opportunity to have 1 dose, which is much more effective than the flu jab which kills 10k+ most years, a situation we're comfortable with as a society. Hospitalisations/deaths are essentially now as low as they're ever going to get. Cases numbers are tiny. Buffoons are those that can't think apply logic, like you.
Shame that Man United never got through to the semi finals as most of their fans would not have to travel from Manchester
Good point but we have to do pilots and unfortunately it’s not just football other sports are being piloted so not both finals can have fans
Hahahahahahahha hilarious ????
I’ll go first, if it’s Chelsea v City.
City still won’t sell 5,000 tickets
City havent got history
The other 3 teams will sell 100,000 tickets
Emptihad.
There we go, phew! Glad i got in there quickly as that means i am absolutely hilarious! Barrel of laughs and not original
City still won’t sell 5,000 tickets
City havent got history
The other 3 teams will sell 100,000 tickets
Emptihad.
There we go, phew! Glad i got in there quickly as that means i am absolutely hilarious! Barrel of laughs and not original
Everyone will be jammed onto trains, the Underground or coaches to get to Wembley so social distancing at the stadium may be a bit late
Why what’s the point the government want larger crowns so how will the fa vase get 20,000 fans
Bound to be Manchester united, biggest club in the world....sorry mother what did you say?
Obsession
Southampton have never had 10,000 at a match before have they?
Shame that Man United never got through to the semi finals as most of their fans would not have to travel from Manchester
Probably best to have the Chelsea /Man City game with the fans. Then no one has to travel.
So you are saying that ALL Chelsea fans live in the Wembley area. That would be a ludicrous statement. No but wait, you are also saying that City fans also live in that area? City? A club known to have a very strong, tribal local following form Manchester. Sir, you haven't thought this through...
Why what’s the point the government want larger crowns so how will the fa vase get 20,000 fans
That’s all well and good of you but how much silverware do Southampton win? How many final appearances? Not many. So enjoy your team winning nothing and getting beat 9-0 by ironically Leicester and Manchester United
Golf is a waste of a good walk!
No one in their right mind would want to go into The Sty
Because waiting any longer would mean that the Euro matches that Boris is getting a backhander to stage wouldn't be able to go on without any test events! Plus the numpties who don't believe that Covid is real would kick off again ... and Boris doesn't want that either. Also ... but rushing into things the hospitals will fill up again so the Nurses will be too busy to complain about their 1%!
Has there been anything more crazy, than having to look at footballers sitting on their own, wearing token masks in empty stadiums.
Just in case anyone thinks the dead hand of our virtual totalitarian state is losing it's grip.
Just in case anyone thinks the dead hand of our virtual totalitarian state is losing it's grip.
No there genuinely are a lot of them:
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Southampton have never had 10,000 at a match before have they?
Pubs are pointless.
Can anyone explain what relevance a Covid trial at Wembley has, with games played all over the country,where (unlike Wembley)90% of the crowd don't travel by Underground.
Dowden is the type of player who likes to showboat but who struggles to provide end product.
They won’t just be having trials at Wembley. I suppose they need to have trials at Wembley given 6 Euro games will be taking place in June/July
It’s more about the stadium operations than the method of transport. 700,000 people still use the tube each day.
Bound to be Manchester united, biggest club in the world....sorry mother what did you say?
Shame that Man United never got through to the semi finals as most of their fans would not have to travel from Manchester
Southampton have never had 10,000 at a match before have they?
100,000 for Chelsea hahaha what you smoking?
That's original ????????
And each one of them has 12 HYS accounts ... so they make it look more!
No there genuinely are a lot of them:
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Possibly because they just came out of the supermarket and have forgotten to, or not yet got around to, take it off. Or they are going to another shop and choose to keep it on rather than keep removing it. There could be several reasons. You should learn not to pre-judge people.
History will laugh at how we're still tiptoeing around something that now poses almost no threat.
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Please not the el plastico game.
The young people who don’t have the vaccine and they might be super spreaders
Oil FC v Chelski for a test!?
Don't know about real fans but Greta Thunberg won't be happy with so much plastic in one place.
Don't know about real fans but Greta Thunberg won't be happy with so much plastic in one place.
City & Chelsea must be dominating again - Que the mental issues mob postings.
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What is the point in letting 4000 fans into a stadium that holds over 90,000. What exactly will that “test”? The whole thing is a farce. It’s either safe for full attendances or it’s not, their tests will prove nothing.
Spot on, some of NFL playoff games had 20 odd thousand there, and there wasn't a 3rd, 4th, 5th wave etc. why the indecisiveness in this country ?
Probably 3,600 non paying guests who know the right people, and 400 loyal paying fans who are being taken for mugs.
If they are using lateral flow tests or temperature checks, it's going to take longer to get in than it normally would. They might also give people entry times to prevent everyone turning up at once.
So limiting the numbers is sensible, so you can get an idea of how long it will take.
The last thing you want is the match kicking off with 60,000 people still queuing to get in.
So limiting the numbers is sensible, so you can get an idea of how long it will take.
The last thing you want is the match kicking off with 60,000 people still queuing to get in.
No there genuinely are a lot of them:
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Rubbish. In the last season before Covid, City's average gate was 54,130 but don't let facts ruin your agenda.
The family stand tier 1 of the north stand is notorious with City fans, discount season tickets are bought then half the time especially when the weather is crap or it’s on telly up to half don’t show up. But the game will be sold out. The club couldn’t give our enemies a bigger stick to beat us. Season Ticket holder since 1980.
How long will the games go on for once fans get back in and whistle disapproval to the players taking the knee in support of the BLM anarchists before they decide to walk off because not everyone agrees with their woke opinions?
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Despite the pandemic, unfortunately, the excrement agitators seem to be in good health. I'd forgotten that a large section of 'fans' are cerebrally challenged.
Can anyone explain what relevance a Covid trial at Wembley has, with games played all over the country,where (unlike Wembley)90% of the crowd don't travel by Underground.
Probably best to have the Chelsea /Man City game with the fans. Then no one has to travel.
i think he was joking - all mancity fans are abroad i think the joke goes so they wont travel to wembley as the airports are closed to holidaymakers
Why dont they test the Chelski or ABU DHABI FC "fans" to see who how long they have been on the bandwagon?
Abu Derby County are not in the final. Its Mansheikhster City!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Brilliant - see my post 16.54!
Hope to see you down the local comedy show after lock down.
“City have no fans” - did you think of that all by yourself Ha Ha Ha
Peter Kay beware
Brilliant - see my post 16.54!
Hope to see you down the local comedy show after lock down.
“City have no fans” - did you think of that all by yourself Ha Ha Ha
Peter Kay beware
See your post 16.54? Lol no one is going to go and find your post to hear you whine some more. We got enough of that from this post lol
It was just a laugh mate relax a little!
Hope to see you down the Emptyhad after lockdown eases, but I have a funny feeling you won't be there. No one is usually. Ha Ha Ha
It was just a laugh mate relax a little!
Hope to see you down the Emptyhad after lockdown eases, but I have a funny feeling you won't be there. No one is usually. Ha Ha Ha
Never though I would see the day when rags could only talk about crowds again - Just like that 26 year period when Liverpool dominated 'well we get bigger crowds' was the cry from the vault in the pub as Liverpool lifted another trophy.
Can anyone explain what relevance a Covid trial at Wembley has, with games played all over the country,where (unlike Wembley)90% of the crowd don't travel by Underground.
Liverpool have just as many plastic fans