Submitted on Tuesday 29th September 2020
Rejected on Monday 19th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Permit spectators for Step 1 & 2 Football (National league, south & North)
Allow spectators into grounds to watch non-league football. Having spectators is important for local communities and is the bloodline for many club and local businesses, who rely on match day revenues.
Spectators at matches is important for social interaction, families and bringing the local community together. Many clubs were already planning to operate COVID secure matches from October with reduced capacity spectators.
In contrast, other venues like theatres, entertainment & arts etc are permitted to have audiences indoors with no clear health / safety benefits compared to that of externally held football matches and the COVID measures being put in place.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Allow football fans to attend matches at all levels: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552036
Allow the return of spectators to football at all levels below national league: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334366
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