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« on: July 21, 2020, 05:03:05 PM »
Thank you for your feedback - I will try to provide some clarity. Each club; home and away are allowed 10 "guests" - these include the Directors and Officials of the club not formally involved in match day activities. It is at each clubs entire discretion who these 10 guests are. They are, as Andrew says, very strictly confined to the Amber Zone and are not allowed into the Red Zone (Pitch, Dressing Rooms, and the like) under any circumstances. People in the Amber Zone are not required to be tested but must complete a medical questionnaire, have a temperature check and not be displaying any symptoms.
We worked very hard with the League, the FA and the local Council to get the Chester game staged, and to have the opportunity to go to York. We (including me personally) understand the rules and regulations - both football and medical - around the staging of these matches very well. This has been our prime focus in the weeks leading up to the announcement of the playoffs and our qualifying to be able to take part. Specifically, if our protocols for match day were not well enough defined or properly executed we would not have been allowed to move to "Stage 3" which is the holding of matches.
We have two Directors who are not able to attend, and we have verified that these two places could be made available to our fans at our discretion. And that is what we are looking to do here. If there is strong negative feedback, we will shelve this initiative and not take up our full complement for the visit to York.
But please be assured that we would not jeopardise the health of our players, staff and supporters and their families for the sake of "a quick buck". In fact there are decisions that we have already taken behind the scenes in the run up to the Chester game, and the game itself that could have made our life more difficult but have been the right thing to do for the security of our players and staff.
