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Post by lincolnexile on Mar 13, 2020 18:42:18 GMT
Will you change the bloody record. What a bizarre post, it’s the first I’ve mentioned that on this thread. i think he might be referring to your anti-Tory stance, like you didn’t know.
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Post by Lobster on Mar 13, 2020 18:54:11 GMT
Never sure we benefit in the same way as some other clubs from the Premier League being off. If you share a city with a big club you've got a chance, so I can see the likes of Marine and City of Liverpool benefiting, but in truth the Chester public are either interested in the club or they're not. We're in the vicinity of several big clubs, but on the periphery of all of them. Are the leagues marine and CoL playing tho, I thought it was cancelled at that step of the pyramid, just national league and North and South going ahead. Yes, the BetVictor Northern League is going ahead, although its southern equivalents aren't. I am sensing though that the leagues still on are just trying to squeeze this weekend's fixtures out before taking time out.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Mar 13, 2020 19:30:01 GMT
What a bizarre post, it’s the first I’ve mentioned that on this thread. i think he might be referring to your anti-Tory stance, like you didn’t know. It wasn’t an anti-anything stance. Just asked why our government is right and every other nation and medical experts are wrong. Anyway looks like our game is going to be called off.
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Post by martinblue47 on Mar 13, 2020 19:33:57 GMT
i think he might be referring to your anti-Tory stance, like you didn’t know. It wasn’t an anti-anything stance. Just asked why our government is right and every other nation and medical experts are wrong. Anyway looks like our game is going to be called off. Information from ??
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Mar 13, 2020 19:38:44 GMT
The club.
Confirmed now. Game off.
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Post by paulie on Mar 13, 2020 19:45:54 GMT
Only a question of 'when' surely? What's the difference apart from number? Non league football isn’t important obviously. It took a Premier League manager to contract the virus before the PL did anything. The Football League have followed suit. The National League are yet to decide. The FA, the governors of the national game, have absolved all responsibility onto the leagues themselves. Maybe they thought it was a "massive overreaction" and "embarrassing" like you said on a different thread.
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Post by avfo on Mar 13, 2020 22:52:54 GMT
'York City and Altrincham have taken the joint decision to postpone their National League North fixture scheduled for tomorrow [Saturday]. This is due to employees of both teams recently self-isolating after showing potential symptoms of the COVID-19 virus'. 'Considering the circumstances and with the health of players, fans, volunteers and staff in mind, we would ask that anyone showing flu like symptoms please stay at home and seek guidance from the NHS 111 service during this time'.
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Post by avfo on Mar 13, 2020 23:40:48 GMT
A less than thrilled Chesterfield FC -
The National League's decision to allow matches to proceed this weekend in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has been criticised by the club.
Despite the Premier League and EFL deciding to postpone matches for the next three weeks, it was agreed at a National League board meeting this afternoon that the National League programme would continue as normal.
Spireites company secretary Ashley Carson strongly believes that National League fixtures should have been called-off. He said: "We do not support the decision at all and tried without success to contact National League chief executive Michael Tattersall today in order to make our feelings known.
"Premier League and EFL clubs have been joined by grassroots clubs in postponing matches so it would surely have been a sensible approach for the National League to follow suit.
"We played Harrogate Town ten days ago and it has now emerged that four of their employees, who may have come into contact with some of our players and officials, are self-isolating, forcing the postponement of their game against Solihull Moors.
"Our players and management are not happy at all with the situation and that has affected the build-up to the game at Dover Athletic.
"We have taken various measures to protect the health and wellbeing of everyone connected with the club and will continue to make that our priority."
Boreham Wood -
Having been fully briefed, and after subsequent confirmation that Arsenal FC Manager Mikel Arteta was confirmed with a positive COVID-19 result, it has been agreed by all parties, that the Arsenal vs. Spurs Under 23 development game due to be played at Meadow Park this evening, as well as other games this weekend, are to be postponed.
Although Mikel has not visited Meadow Park for some weeks, it was very clear that many of his support staff had attended recent development and youth games held at Meadow Park and all had been in contact with him at the Arsenal training centre.
As such it has been decided by Wood Chairman Danny Hunter, after consultation with the FA and the officials of the National League, that every precautionary measure must be afforded to our staff, to all visiting staff, to all players, to match officials and to supporters.
The Boreham Wood Chairman and his key staff, believed decisive action was needed immediately, in consideration of safety concerns and travel costs to visitors of Meadow Park and the real health concerns that have to be addressed and recognised immediately.
As such, tonight’s Arsenal vs. Spurs Under 23 PL2 game, Boreham Wood’s National League game vs. Torquay United tomorrow, and Arsenal Women’s WSL game vs. Spurs on Sunday, will all have to be postponed for the reasons given above.
Boreham Wood FC wish to assure our staff, community and both the home and away fans who visit Meadow Park, that we will never take chances with your health or pretend we are not in the midst one of the greatest pandemics of our time. That said, we are prepared for any criticism should it come our way over this decision and for people to think it is an overreaction.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Mar 14, 2020 6:47:40 GMT
If the fixtures cannot be completed then this season’s Premier League should be void. They could award Liverpool with a trophy as recognition of their brilliant efforts, maybe a shield or something. They could call it the “Victory and Recognition” Shield, or the VAR shield for short.
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Post by Lobster on Mar 14, 2020 8:03:14 GMT
Since the virus is expected to return for the next few winters, I think the sensible thing to do would be to finish this season in the summer and consider a year out from competitive football next season. Teams could still arrange friendlies and maybe put together small unofficial tournaments.
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Post by Harry Lime on Mar 14, 2020 8:15:11 GMT
Since the virus is expected to return for the next few winters, I think the sensible thing to do would be to finish this season in the summer and consider a year out from competitive football next season. Teams could still arrange friendlies and maybe put together small unofficial tournaments. You don't think that would mean the end of some clubs? You've just made a few thousand people unemployed too. How many would return to the sport/club? They'd need to find alternative employment. Flu killed 18000 people last year, according to one report. We just take flu as a normal ongoing risk, rightly or wrongly. Hopefully they'll come up with a vaccine for this virus real soon, which can be given to the more high risk members of society. Edit - vaccine would take 15-18 months to be widely available
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Post by Lobster on Mar 14, 2020 8:21:18 GMT
Since the virus is expected to return for the next few winters, I think the sensible thing to do would be to finish this season in the summer and consider a year out from competitive football next season. Teams could still arrange friendlies and maybe put together small unofficial tournaments. You don't think that would mean the end of some clubs? You've just made a few thousand people unemployed too. How many would return to the sport/club? They'd need to find alternative employment. Flu killed 18000 people last year, according to one report. We just take flu as a normal ongoing risk, rightly or wrongly. Hopefully they'll come up with a vaccine for this virus real soon, which can be given to the more high risk members of society. It would have serious effects. I meant more due to time restraints than anything if we're going to finish this season. I hate the idea of just cancelling the season. Never mind Liverpool, we're in the playoffs.
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Post by Harry Lime on Mar 14, 2020 8:36:32 GMT
You don't think that would mean the end of some clubs? You've just made a few thousand people unemployed too. How many would return to the sport/club? They'd need to find alternative employment. Flu killed 18000 people last year, according to one report. We just take flu as a normal ongoing risk, rightly or wrongly. Hopefully they'll come up with a vaccine for this virus real soon, which can be given to the more high risk members of society. It would have serious effects. I meant more due to time restraints than anything if we're going to finish this season. I hate the idea of just cancelling the season. Never mind Liverpool, we're in the playoffs. I wonder whether they'll just have play offs based on average points per game do far. Maybe they'll just cancel it . Can see a whole load of issues and legal challenges at a higher level whatever they do. Can you imagine getting relegated from the Premier League on average points rule? Cost you £100m. Problem is, it's likely to be worse late April/ early May than it us now. Once you stop something, it's very difficult to know when to restart, as that is likely to reignite the contamination threat.
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Post by trev on Mar 14, 2020 8:41:03 GMT
Although postponements of individual marches interesting rugby league is still continuing this weekend and its ruling body seems to be taking approach of ill-founded national leagues board response citing government advice
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Post by avfo on Mar 16, 2020 12:37:19 GMT
All National League Under 19's fixtures have been suspended until further notice.
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Post by Lobster on Mar 16, 2020 12:51:58 GMT
Still silence from the league itself though. I'm honestly starting to think they're just going to wash their hands of responsibility (pardon the pun) and let clubs decide for themselves if they want to play.
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Post by RonD on Mar 16, 2020 13:34:35 GMT
Still silence from the league itself though. I'm honestly starting to think they're just going to wash their hands of responsibility (pardon the pun) and let clubs decide for themselves if they want to play. Dulwich Hamlet in National League South have announced today they are suspending all games.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2020 13:37:23 GMT
Another meeting later. A few options on the table
None of our players are in self isolation
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Post by Suomen Sininen on Mar 16, 2020 13:46:09 GMT
Another meeting later. A few options on the table None of our players are in self isolation No doubt some negative muppet will soon be complaining on here that our management team are tactically inept, because none of our players have managed to get themselves in a position where they have to self isolate.
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Post by geoff on Mar 16, 2020 16:23:23 GMT
Absolutely ridiculous for the Vanarama league to sit on their hands and not suspend matches.
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Post by Matt on Mar 16, 2020 16:56:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2020 17:08:16 GMT
If they don't suspend our League tonight then it's just about the £££ for them
No doubt that they will come out with a stupid statement saying business as usual for the next round of fixtures
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Post by arthurmorris on Mar 16, 2020 17:52:25 GMT
If they don't suspend our League tonight then it's just about the £££ for them No doubt that they will come out with a stupid statement saying business as usual for the next round of fixtures National League suspended until 3rd April 2020
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Post by dmcnally on Mar 16, 2020 17:54:04 GMT
I highly doubt we will be kicking another ball before July at the earliest. I’m in favour of finishing the season, whenever that is possible. Only 8-10 games to go.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Mar 16, 2020 17:54:35 GMT
The inevitable has happened, so our matches against Altrincham, Alfreton Town, and Kettering Town will not go ahead. I suspect that our season will be delayed even further at this rate.
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Post by eddieshead on Mar 16, 2020 18:01:17 GMT
Does that mean I have to take the wife out a Saturday where the fairness in that
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Post by agl on Mar 16, 2020 18:14:54 GMT
Does that mean I have to take the wife out a Saturday where the fairness in that I'm afraid it's even worse than that now....you will have to stay in with her
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Post by Lobster on Mar 16, 2020 18:43:02 GMT
I highly doubt we will be kicking another ball before July at the earliest. I’m in favour of finishing the season, whenever that is possible. Only 8-10 games to go. Long time to stew on that miserable Bradford defeat!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2020 19:05:50 GMT
Ah well this Board won't be the same without Rio's match threads or the Bill & Ben remarks
Stay safe folks
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Post by geoff on Mar 16, 2020 19:06:25 GMT
At last. What a bunch of amateurs
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