Premier League clubs to vote on number of staff and players allowed at matches Premier League returns next Wednesday with Aston Villa vs Sheffield United followed by Man City vs Arsenal; both games live on Sky Sports By Keith James and Geraint Hughes Last Updated: 10/06/20 8:36pm Top teams often take as many as 60 staff to away games Top teams often take as many as 60 staff to away games Premier League clubs will vote on how many players and staff can attend matches when shareholders meet on Thursday. All 20 clubs have spent the last week considering a number of pre-match protocols, on accommodation and travel to away games, which are expected to be agreed during the video conference call. 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SPANISH PRIMERA DIVISION THUR 11, 21:00 PRICE BOOST Sevilla v Real Betis PRICE BOOST NABIL FEKIR TO SCORE WAS 14/5 NOW 4/1 BET HERE PRICE BOOST LUUK DE JONG TO SCORE A HEADER WAS 5/1 NOW 7/1 BET HERE PRICE BOOST CRISTIAN TELLO TO SCORE AND BETIS TO WIN WAS 9/1 NOW 11/1 BET HERE PRICE BOOST BETIS TO WIN 2-1 WAS 12/1 NOW 14/1 BET HERE PRICE BOOST LOREN MORON TO SCORE FIRST AND EITHER BETIS TO WIN 2-1 OR BETIS TO WIN 3-1 NOW 50/1 BET HERE PRICE BOOST LUCAS OCAMPOS TO SCORE FIRST AND SEVILLA TO WIN 3-1 NOW 66/1 BET HERE Some top clubs travel with more than 60 staff and club directors, including masseurs, up to three specialist goalkeeping coaches, and security guards. £18 Premier League and Football channel offer Watch 39 Premier League & 45 EFL games exclusively live on Sky Sports However the Premier League is keen to trim numbers to all but essential staff on match-day to just 37 'Red Zone' pass holders per team, including 20 players, 12 coaching and medical staff and a further five '"essential staff". 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Once agreed, players will be briefed by their clubs on the biggest changes to pre-match routines in Premier League history. Pre-match routines are facing a shake-up Pre-match routines are facing a shake-up Agreement has already been reached on how teams travel including allowing squads to travel to games by air. Players will maintain social distancing on flights, with the reduced travel times helping to minimise the risk of infection. The Premier League has emphasised that wherever possible, teams should travel on the day of the game - warning about the risks involved in an overnight hotel stay. However, it appears many managers are keen to avoid travelling on match-day, choosing instead to secure local hotel accommodation - with teams ideally being the only guests at the hotel. However, with the majority of hotels remaining closed for business, the options available to clubs have been severely limited. Teams may have to use three coaches in order to observe social distancing Teams may have to use three coaches in order to observe social distancing Rather than the traditional team coach, clubs are expected to use at least three coaches, with players sitting two metres apart, driven by drivers who have all been tested for Covid-19 in recent days. One Premier League club has told Sky Sports News that at least six of their staff will have to drive themselves to their first fixture, all in separate cars - despite having all tested negative for the virus. Clubs with older stadiums, including Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Everton, are providing away teams with extra space, beyond their dressing rooms, to allow social distancing to be maintained. Older stadiums like Villa Park are finding new ways to accommodate away teams Older stadiums like Villa Park are finding new ways to accommodate away teams The Government medical advice says: "The time spent in dressing room areas should preferably be avoided, but if not avoidable then minimised with strict social distancing." Showers and wet areas must be used in line with strict Government guidelines although some venues may opt to not provide shower facilities. Because post-match interviews will now be carried out pitchside, some corridor space and tunnel areas usually used by the media, have been given over to away teams and with corporate boxes left unused, many clubs are also allowing players and staff to use them as changing areas. The tunnel area at some grounds will be used by away teams The tunnel area at some grounds will be used by away teams Managers will be asked to keep final instructions to less than 15 minutes. 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Premier League clubs to vote on number of staff and players allowed at matches

Premier League returns next Wednesday with Aston Villa vs Sheffield United followed by Man City vs Arsenal; both games live on Sky Sports

By Keith James and Geraint Hughes

Last Updated: 10/06/20 8:36pm

 

Top teams often take as many as 60 staff to away games

Top teams often take as many as 60 staff to away games

Premier League clubs will vote on how many players and staff can attend matches when shareholders meet on Thursday.

All 20 clubs have spent the last week considering a number of pre-match protocols, on accommodation and travel to away games, which are expected to be agreed during the video conference call.

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The meeting will provide the last chance for a number of key issues to be resolved, with top clubs lobbying hard for their ever-increasing backroom staff to be allowed to attend away games.

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Some top clubs travel with more than 60 staff and club directors, including masseurs, up to three specialist goalkeeping coaches, and security guards.

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However the Premier League is keen to trim numbers to all but essential staff on match-day to just 37 'Red Zone' pass holders per team, including 20 players, 12 coaching and medical staff and a further five '"essential staff".

Staff not needed pitch-side, such as analysts will be allowed in the 'Amber Zone', with all others, e.g. security, big screen operators and parking staff in the 'Green Zone'.

 

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Total numbers at the match including broadcast staff, written media, commentators, doping officials and scouts will total 300.

The clubs are voting on how the physical operation of a match day will work and look and how players health and safety can be managed.

 

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Last week a vote was passed which allowed the number of substitutes to be increased from three to five along with an increase in the number of players on the bench from seven to nine in an effort to reduce to the effects of fatigue and possible injury.

Once agreed, players will be briefed by their clubs on the biggest changes to pre-match routines in Premier League history.

Pre-match routines are facing a shake-up

Pre-match routines are facing a shake-up

Agreement has already been reached on how teams travel including allowing squads to travel to games by air.

Players will maintain social distancing on flights, with the reduced travel times helping to minimise the risk of infection.

The Premier League has emphasised that wherever possible, teams should travel on the day of the game - warning about the risks involved in an overnight hotel stay.

However, it appears many managers are keen to avoid travelling on match-day, choosing instead to secure local hotel accommodation - with teams ideally being the only guests at the hotel. However, with the majority of hotels remaining closed for business, the options available to clubs have been severely limited.

Teams may have to use three coaches in order to observe social distancing

Teams may have to use three coaches in order to observe social distancing

Rather than the traditional team coach, clubs are expected to use at least three coaches, with players sitting two metres apart, driven by drivers who have all been tested for Covid-19 in recent days.

One Premier League club has told Sky Sports News that at least six of their staff will have to drive themselves to their first fixture, all in separate cars - despite having all tested negative for the virus.

Clubs with older stadiums, including Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Everton, are providing away teams with extra space, beyond their dressing rooms, to allow social distancing to be maintained.

Older stadiums like Villa Park are finding new ways to accommodate away teams 

Older stadiums like Villa Park are finding new ways to accommodate away teams

The Government medical advice says: "The time spent in dressing room areas should preferably be avoided, but if not avoidable then minimised with strict social distancing."

Showers and wet areas must be used in line with strict Government guidelines although some venues may opt to not provide shower facilities.

Because post-match interviews will now be carried out pitchside, some corridor space and tunnel areas usually used by the media, have been given over to away teams and with corporate boxes left unused, many clubs are also allowing players and staff to use them as changing areas.

The tunnel area at some grounds will be used by away teams

The tunnel area at some grounds will be used by away teams

Managers will be asked to keep final instructions to less than 15 minutes.

Also See:

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Premier League restart: All you need to know

 

Man Utd vs Stoke friendly off after O'Neill tests positive

 

Tottenham to continue NHS testing at stadium

As part of Thursday's meeting the clubs are expected to agree on the provision of water breaks of a minute per half.

The frequency of fixtures means clubs will be keen to get players home to maximise recovery time - whilst making sure they get the chance to warm-down on the pitch after games.

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31 Mar

Baseless speculation. We've been 'targeting' Saul since the lad was 19 and 'ceding ground in the battle to keep Paul Pogba' since 2017. I realise its a slow news period with the pandemic going on, but this article could have easily just been reframed as a profile for Saul without having to pretend he's United's number one target. Again, I get that attaching United's name gets more clicks, but at that stage why not just lump every big club in England in there. United, City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and all of their mothers set to go to transfer war over Saul!!!

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26 Mar

This article is completely ridiculous.Firstly, Romelu Lukaku was absolutely abysmal with his back to goal. That's the exact opposite of his strength as a striker. The sheer volume of jokes that have been made about his poor close control says it all in that regard, and he wasnt very good in the air either considering his size.Ibrahimovic was a bit better, but by no means did he do it very often. Again his style of play was completely different at United, and the fact that he could barely run meant he was much more of a poacher than a target man. Though he also tried to play as a false nine from time to time, with limited effect.Finally there's the continuing false narrative that Martial and Rashford are somehow massively consistent, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. Rashford was on course for 20 league goals in a season before his injury, and Martial himself has had a long term injury this term. He's still scoring at a better rate than Lukaku's best season. The argument that he isnt a true striker no longer has a leg to stand on.Ighalo has been a good loan signing. He is a different type of player. United havent had a good player with his back to goal since Berbatov. His biggest use though is the depth he's added, which has meant Martial has had some chances to rest. Whether he's worth a permanent deal or not cannot be judged until he's played more games.

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22 May

Neville is right, the problem at Championship, Leagues 1 & 2 is borne from the success of the Premier league and TV rights. It is definately the way forward that instead of paying extortionate wages, providing massive prize monies that a larger proprtion of the monies should be shared. It is a fat cat mentality that was not there prior to the Premier League when even the biggest clubs in the land were at the same level as all the others. The Premier League has changed the path the sport has taken and its all about big money at the top, where the big clubs get richer and the poorer clubs remain that way. Time to have closer ties with the smaller clubs and use these clubs as places for players to get more pitch time rather than rotting in U23 football. A full reset would be great, as we might get back to the hay days of clubs having runs like Wimbledon upto the old Division 1 and FA Cup rather than the runs we are now having with the likes of Sunderland and Ipswich.

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11 May

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I always think it makes a big diffence when your club is at home, crowds or no crowds and if one of the top clubs loses at home then it's reguarded as a shock !!. so that tells me bigger clubs are expected to win at home no matter what.Teams go to the Etihad, Anfield and dare i say it Old Trafford, and if your a lower placed or even mid-table team shut-up shop and try and nick something, the odd time it works, whether that would happen behind closed doors remains to be seen but i wouldn't expect to many shocks....maybe the odd win or draw but i think the overall pecentages if games are played behind closed doors would still be an overall average of around a 55%-60% home win.

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The first thing i think they need to do is test all the players and staff who will be involved in training and the matches, after that then perhaps a social isolation away from every one maybe 3 days before the match. If that gets in the way of testing people who need it though then that could be a problem. Let's face it, when it comes down to it, it comes to money as there is so much of it involved in football. Will the government get in the way?

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CyanBandAid

24 Apr

I totally disagree. Staff at normal businesses have contracts, and don’t have any say whether their employer furloughs them. We pay footballers too much at any point - why are they getting hundreds of thousands a week now when there aren’t any games. Set up a fund and use it to save other PL employees and clubs down the hierarchy. It’s a no-brainer.

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I don`t understand why you can not have supporters in grounds priority is season ticket holders only people without family members in one stand seating 6ft apart family of 2 season tickets in another stand and so on.This could apply to all clubs teams further down the league should have plenty off room this helping smaller clubs with some finance and if still seating available sell them first come first serve.

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ROY KEANE DIDN'T GET WAYNE ROONEY AND RIO FERDINAND BANTER AT MANCHESTER UNITED

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26 Apr

Misinterpreting what he's actually saying - I think he's actually saying these multi-million pound businesses should not be forcing a blanket pay-cut on their players and negotiating with them as individuals. If clubs were saying, 'Okay, you all take a 50% paycut, we'll donate the other to help with Covid-19', whilst some surely are doing good charity, these clubs aren't asking players to take paycuts for the benefit of this epidemic, they're doing it so they can save money by plying blanket pressure on the group as a whole. Talk with them individually and treat them as individuals and let the player (whose money it is) make the decision?United are a perfect example - a publicly traded entity who have shareholders like any business. If the Glazier family place a blanket request to take a pay-cut (if), it won't be for the interest of the UK, the NHS, the Manu supporters or even the operational staff; it'll be for the benefit of the boardroom and shareholders. I use Man United as an example, not to lampoon or rip them, but the fact of their business model. Most other football clubs have other business models and will have similar predicaments but in different forms - so it wouldn't be just United. Just using them as an example, as I've said. But still, at the end of the day, it will be the players who take the hit, and the staff and then roll onto the fanbases. I totally get where Roy Keane is coming from here - it is the principle of it.

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