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Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:29 pm
by Leisure
Premier League: Covid-19 status spot-checks introduced for first games of season -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58153110
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:32 pm
by fidelcastro
There’s already a thread.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:40 pm
by Peter Loo
Well that sounds a recipe for a late KOs around the country on Saturday.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:43 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
Peter Loo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:40 pm
Well that sounds a recipe for a late KOs around the country on Saturday.
Doubt it.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:45 pm
by Leisure
fidelcastro wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:32 pm
There’s already a thread.
Which one? Must have missed it.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:49 pm
by clarethomer
Peter Loo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:40 pm
Well that sounds a recipe for a late KOs around the country on Saturday.
I doubt they will delay kick-off when the worldwide broadcast which pays £bns to show these games is also to be considered.
More realistically - I can envisage avoiding the message board for a period of time whilst all those people who failed to plan or understand the situation kick off about it being everyone else's fault that they had a bad experience.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:50 pm
by randomclaret2
Leisure wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:45 pm
Which one? Must have missed it.
Brighton Match attendance
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:52 pm
by daveisaclaret
The Premier League guidance seems to say there will be spot checks for double jabbedness/a negative test without ever actually saying you need to be either to go to the match. Bit odd.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:55 pm
by ksrclaret
“Excuse me Sir, would you mind taking part in the Covid spot check?”
“Yes I would. I do not wish to take part”
“Ok, no problem, enjoy the match”
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:24 pm
by HunterST_BFC
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:55 pm
“Excuse me Sir, would you mind taking part in the Covid spot check?”
“Yes I would. I do not wish to take part”
“Ok, no problem, enjoy the match”
And this attitude is why I can't go.
People are simply "I'm alright Jack" without considering the rest.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:35 pm
by ksrclaret
HunterST_BFC wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:24 pm
And this attitude is why I can't go.
People are simply "I'm alright Jack" without considering the rest.
Why don’t you go on when it’s actually a requirement, then.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:50 pm
by HunterST_BFC
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:35 pm
Why don’t you go on when it’s actually a requirement, then.
Point proved
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:53 pm
by ksrclaret
Don’t worry, I reckon the Brighton game will be 0-0 anyway so you might not miss much. Leeds could turn us over too if last season is anything to go by.
Hopefully for your sake the games from October onwards will be worth it.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:00 am
by HunterST_BFC
ksrclaret wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:53 pm
Don’t worry, I reckon the Brighton game will be 0-0 anyway so you might not miss much. Leeds could turn us over too if last season is anything to go by.
Hopefully for your sake the games from October onwards will be worth it.
... and by November games behind closed doors
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:04 am
by ksrclaret
HunterST_BFC wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:00 am
... and by November games behind closed doors
Let’s hope not. I think we’ve all realised how much better footy is with fans in. The overwhelming majority will stick to whatever rules are brought in when they are brought in. Not much more we can do than that.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:28 am
by Garnerssoap
Will they be like the bottom inspectors in Viz. Oooh I do hope so
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:55 am
by beddie
I don’t have a modern phone unfortunately so I’ll see if I can produce a paper copy.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:19 am
by claretonthecoast1882
Random spot checks are impossible to work. Does anyone really think they are going to start pulling people in a queue and asking to see their medical record while not asking the person stood behind or infront.
The club either checks everyone or nobody.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:27 am
by BleedingClaret
I went on the NHS site and it’s quite easy to get a Covid vaccination pass letter sent to you but it’s up to 5 working days, so that won’t necessarily work for Saturday
It’d be better if they’d email a document but that wasn’t an option, you’d think in the push for paperless it would be.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:35 am
by wilks_bfc
BleedingClaret wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:27 am
I went on the NHS site and it’s quite easy to get a Covid vaccination pass letter sent to you but it’s up to 5 working days, so that won’t necessarily work for Saturday
It’d be better if they’d email a document but that wasn’t an option, you’d think in the push for paperless it would be.
You can get an email copy, or you can download it to your phone
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:48 am
by BleedingClaret
wilks_bfc wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:35 am
You can get an email copy, or you can download it to your phone
Ok ta
I’ll take a look, definitely didn’t offer that on the link I was just on but I’ll investigate a little further
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:05 am
by Billy Balfour
They are a bit slow out of the trap with this one. Should have been announced weeks ago, if only to encourage more people to take up the vaccine.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:07 am
by GodIsADeeJay81
Billy Balfour wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:05 am
They are a bit slow out of the trap with this one. Should have been announced weeks ago, if only to encourage more people to take up the vaccine.
Possibly waiting to see if recent large events turned into super spreaders.
If people are refusing to take the vaccine even now then a football game ain't going to convince them, they'd rather miss out on the football.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:12 am
by clarethomer
Billy Balfour wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:05 am
They are a bit slow out of the trap with this one. Should have been announced weeks ago, if only to encourage more people to take up the vaccine.
They have been doing that at governmental level
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:12 am
by BleedingClaret
wilks_bfc wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:35 am
You can get an email copy, or you can download it to your phone
Done it….
It was the link below the one I’d originally chosen that actually stated get a letter but I’d expected that that would offer a paperless option by email.
I do think, on the email one, for some, maturer individuals, the taking of a photo ID and recording the video of your face, although very easy on the site will trip them out not to bother.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:20 am
by Boss Hogg
Why does a printed off bar code requested today give an expiry date in 2 days time and then say it is valid for 30 days from the date of issue ??
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:23 am
by Quickenthetempo
Peter Loo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:40 pm
Well that sounds a recipe for a late KOs around the country on Saturday.
The Cricketfield stand always has about a hundred people waiting to get in at kick off as so many arrive at 10 to 3.
We haven't once delayed kick off.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:28 am
by PadihamThickNeck
I have a ticket for the Brighton game,I haven't been vaccinated. I bought a ticket for the game thinking you wouldn't need to vaccinated.
The whole thing is a joke from the Premier League and the club's. The whole communication around the whole thing is a farce. All this should of been sorted weeks ago not 4 days before the season starts.
I'll be going and if I don't get in I'll be asking the club for a refund on the basis I bought my ticket with no rules in place at the time !!
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:38 am
by gandhisflipflop
PadihamThickNeck wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:28 am
I have a ticket for the Brighton game,I haven't been vaccinated. I bought a ticket for the game thinking you wouldn't need to vaccinated.
The whole thing is a joke from the Premier League and the club's. The whole communication around the whole thing is a farce. All this should of been sorted weeks ago not 4 days before the season starts.
I'll be going and if I don't get in I'll be asking the club for a refund on the basis I bought my ticket with no rules in place at the time !!
It is a joke i agree. It is the sole reason i opted not to renew my season ticket having initially paid my deposit. I didn't want to get a couple of months down the line and have to be pestering the ticket office for a refund if it transpired that you needed a vaccination to enter.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:41 am
by Peter Loo
Checks or not each new variant is more infectious then the last one worryingly so it’s back to lockdown again I fear for this winter.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:45 am
by Bordeauxclaret
I’d be surprised if they can turn anyone away on Saturday given the mismatch in information provided at the moment.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:51 am
by Boss Hogg
The rules are if you don’t produce a pass on demand you get turned away. I hope the club ensure that they enforce this. It sounds too slack so far. Also this might be the first time some people have been near so many others in a year and a half so I think patience is needed with anyone feeling a bit apprehensive.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:54 am
by ksrclaret
There is no requirement to produce any sort of pass for the Brighton game - neither proof vaccination nor a negative test.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:57 am
by 775claret
At the bottom of the "Match Information" page on the club's website it states:
"As we write, there are currently no requirements to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test to gain entry to this match."
https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/con ... v-brighton
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:11 am
by summitclaret
PadihamThickNeck wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:28 am
I have a ticket for the Brighton game,I haven't been vaccinated. I bought a ticket for the game thinking you wouldn't need to vaccinated.
The whole thing is a joke from the Premier League and the club's. The whole communication around the whole thing is a farce. All this should of been sorted weeks ago not 4 days before the season starts.
I'll be going and if I don't get in I'll be asking the club for a refund on the basis I bought my ticket with no rules in place at the time !!
Please can post your seat number and stand so everyone can avoid sitting near you. Also, what time will you be using the bogs, as it gets pretty crowded and they are confined spaces.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:21 am
by fatboy47
summitclaret wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:11 am
Please can post your seat number and stand so everyone can avoid sitting near you. Also, what time will you be using the bogs, as it gets pretty crowded and they are confined spaces.
Why?... Its PTN that'll be at risk, not people who've been jabbed.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:29 am
by summitclaret
fatboy47 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:21 am
Why?... Its PTN that'll be at risk, not people who've been jabbed.
Having 2 jabs doesn't mean people can't get covid or that people can't pass it on even though they show no symptoms.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:36 am
by fatboy47
summitclaret wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:29 am
Having 2 jabs doesn't mean people can't get covid or that people can't pass it on even though they show no symptoms.
Indeed.
However, relatively speaking the current risk levels (in terms of hospitalisation/death) for people who have been jabbed x2 are absolutely miniscule in comparison to those who have opted out of vaccination.
I'm not interested in having a 5 page debate about it on here. Feel free to have the last word.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:40 am
by Murger
summitclaret wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:29 am
Having 2 jabs doesn't mean people can't get covid or that people can't pass it on even though they show no symptoms.
So what exactly is the problem? If you've been jabbed and can still catch it, what difference does it make if the person next to hasn't?
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:44 am
by Paddy1882
Premier league statement only says spot checks at some grounds, with the attendance at Burnley very much likely being below the 20,000 mark I would be very surprised if they were doing this at the turf on Saturday.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:06 am
by Peter Loo
So yet again in this Country it's a case of look after No1 and blow everyone else sort of message.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:13 am
by gandhisflipflop
summitclaret wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:11 am
Please can post your seat number and stand so everyone can avoid sitting near you. Also, what time will you be using the bogs, as it gets pretty crowded and they are confined spaces.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:31 am
by GodIsADeeJay81
Murger wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:40 am
So what exactly is the problem? If you've been jabbed and can still catch it, what difference does it make if the person next to hasn't?
If you're asking this now then nothing anyone says will help you understand it.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:39 am
by Terrier
Even with our brilliant scientist some people will be in lockdown
forever, if you have had both jabs get on with life and if you don't feel confident doing that stop having a go at people who for their own reasons haven't had the jab!
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:43 pm
by BleedingClaret
wilks_bfc wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:35 am
You can get an email copy, or you can download it to your phone
Got the pass, barcode, now so thanks.
Not that difficult but for some people...... it may be
thanks again
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:44 pm
by fatboy47
Boss Hogg wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:51 am
The rules are if you don’t produce a pass on demand you get turned away.
Did you dream this Boss, or simply make it up?
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:50 pm
by randomclaret2
Are people intending to stay home during the winter Flu outbreak ?
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:53 pm
by Murger
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:31 am
If you're asking this now then nothing anyone says will help you understand it.
Ok doctor.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:57 pm
by Dark Cloud
The way that's worded on the club website it implies you've ALWAYS had to carry ID when you attend matches and it's nothing to do with Covid. I didn't know that (if it's true) and apart from my season card, I never have and it's never been an issue.
Re: Covid checks
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:00 pm
by Boss Hogg
fatboy47 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:44 pm
Did you dream this Boss, or simply make it up?
Neither. Read it. Logical though as no point in having a check to then be allowed in anyway.