The government have made even more changes to what we can and what we can't do during the Covid-19 pandemic but it seems at the moment that we can still go to football matches as long as we are socially distanced.
The big clubs in the Premier League (EPL) and and English Football League (EFL) - the top 4 in the pyramid - are still closed to having fans in their grounds. Last weekend some EFL clubs did a pilot scheme to see if it would be okay to re-admit the paying public.
The curiosity is that the cleverly named National League (the old Conference!) have a foot in both camps and can have supporters attending..... but only as a pilot despite being non-league!
Last weekend Invicta hosted Worthing and the entry was restricted to 600. I think the official numbers were something like 518 in the end.
I like to sit down for games, on a seat, not on the terracing and when I got there at about half an hour before kick off there was plenty of room to sit and maintain a gap all around. We didn't need to wear masks although I had my VR46 mask with me.
This weekend sees Invicta home again for the second game of the league season. Playing the same club as tonight!
Tonight is away at Wingate and Finchley in a qualifier to get into the FA Cup where teams from the non-league (i.e. not EPL or EFL) play in preliminary rounds to get some of them into the First Round proper, where they will have a chance to meet EFL teams. The EPL don't appear until the Third Round.
So in anticipation that Boris' new lockdown won't affect our games, I have bought my £8.01 ticket.
Until Saturday at 3pm then....
Update
Invicta won the Cup match 4-1.
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