Turf to be used by NHS

[ClaretTony]

Again, well done Burnley FC.


Burnley Football Club is making facilities available to the NHS to cope with potential added demands of the coronavirus pandemic and will be getting fully behind football’s tribute to NHS workers when the sport resumes.

Parts of Turf Moor – starting with the Elite Training Centre adjacent to the stadium – will be opened to the East Lancashire Hospital Trust to help them deal with any necessary extra hospital capacity in and around Burnley.

The Clarets are fully committed to working with the local health authorities to try and combat both the spread and the effects of COVID-19.

Equally, the club recognises the heroic efforts of NHS staff operating on a day-to-day basis to treat patients and try and cope with the crisis and the threat to public health.

Brighton and Hove Albion have pledged to offer free tickets for NHS staff for future matches and encouraged other clubs to get involved.

The Clarets will be one of those, with plans being formed to recognise and reward the contribution of NHS workers in our region when football is again being played.

“The safety and well-being of everyone in our area is our primary concern,” said Burnley FC Chief Executive Neil Hart.

“To that end, we will willingly allow the Trust to utilise facilities at Turf Moor to help manage their demand in any way we can.

“Beyond that, when football resumes we will be paying our own tribute and saying thanks to the key workers of the NHS for the incredible jobs they are doing.

“Final plans will need to be determined around a re-start of the game but we will be hosting a day of full engagement and participation for NHS employees on a match-day in the future.”

[ŽižkovClaret]

Could the ETC be turned into a "Nightingale" style overflow ward? Or maybe the hospitality sections in the JH and JM stands?

Good to see the club helping this way.

Do they still own the old Sparrowhawk? Wonder if that could be brought up to standard for staff accommodation?

[LeadBelly]

A few other clubs are doing this, I hoped we would too- so, well done BFC.

[jdrobbo]

Fantastic BFC, really awesome!

[Steve1956]

Good to see everyone pulling together in troubling times well done Burnley Football club.

[ClaretTony]

Could the ETC be turned into a "Nightingale" style overflow ward? Or maybe the hospitality sections in the JH and JM stands?

Good to see the club helping this way.

Do they still own the old Sparrowhawk? Wonder if that could be brought up to standard for staff accommodation?

The club never owned the Sparrow Hawk - it was UCFB who owned it and they've left it derelict.

[tim_noone]

The club never owned the Sparrow Hawk - it was UCFB who owned it and they've left it derelict.

Theres a surprise..

[BurnleyFC]

Wouldn’t it be easier to just properly reopen Burnley General Hospital?

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Outstanding yet again from our club. Proud to be a Claret

[Reckoner]

Hopefully moving forward people will focus more on the NHS and other real priorities rather than letting their xenophobic and racist views dictate their choice of government. The Tories will come out of this flying some kind of NHS flag when they have been they key destroyer.

And agreed, Burnley FC are showing true empathy on a regular basis which is very heart warming.

[Rileybobs]

Wouldn’t it be easier to just properly reopen Burnley General Hospital?

I suspect it hasn’t been maintained for quite some time.

[FCBurnley]

Think this gesture tells us that it will be some time before we will watch football again at Turf Moor

[FactualFrank]

Think this gesture tells us that it will be some time before we will watch football again at Turf Moor

To be fair, I think seeing what's going on around us tells us it'll be some time.

[paulatky]

To be fair, I think seeing what's going on around us tells us it'll be some time.

Yet so many have been in denial for so long.

[Rileybobs]

Yet so many have been in denial for so long.

Give it a break man.

[Damo]

Hopefully moving forward people will focus more on the NHS and other real priorities rather than letting their xenophobic and racist views dictate their choice of government. The Tories will come out of this flying some kind of NHS flag when they have been they key destroyer.

And agreed, Burnley FC are showing true empathy on a regular basis which is very heart warming.

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[Funkydrummer]

It will be very useful for Gudmundsson.