To be fair, your in the hands of the gods when travelling by rail. 50% of the time, you won't have an issue however other times cause the problems and so many things outside of your control can go wrong like points failure, rail cancellations or someone/something being hit by a train which then leaves you stuck. On the roads, most of the time, sat navs, internet and radios will inform you of delays and you can find a way around it.
But they can control the times of when the games can be played or release funding to help club supply water to all of the supporters. There are so many things that they could do but they have only come out to support the players, not the supporters who are going to the games.
I should think professional athletes will have no problem in those conditions. Hopefully any restrictions will be relaxed to help supporters if they need to be.
Unfortunately, football is far from alone in having no real protocol for extreme heat, The Tour de France, for example, has one for basically every other kind of extreme weather - but only local authorities have the power to ban the race in extreme heat, and they generally won't do that for reputational reasons.
My point about a 7pm kick-off is that (although it will be very, very hot anyway) the ground will be in the shade - making it more bearable for those who have seats in the direct sun.
Football, like any other large event, has a duty of care to its patrons. 99% of the time nothing goes wrong, but when it does people look for a scapegoat & then we get all the “we must learn lessons etc etc”.
A week ago I witnessed what happens when a football club reacts to a medical emergency by thinking it’s crowd disorder. What followed broke into crowd disorder because of the poor & inadequate response of police & stewards.
I doubt whether it will be particularly pleasant for the players on Saturday but it’s the crowd that worries me. Let’s hope it all passes off without incident but I think discretion would have been preferable.
The sensible thing would be to only stock non-alcoholic drinks in the Village / bars before the match, and to discourage fans from drinking alcohol in the pubs and at home before coming. Telling people to bring litre bottles of water - and then making sure the stewards took a relaxed view to allowing them in the ground - would be useful. It's the sort of thing that the club should use the players for - recording a video with tips as a professional sportsman for staying hydrated in the sun. I'd like to see more responsible communications using the assets we have - get Alfie to do it, stick it out on Twitter and Facebook and hopefully people will take note.
A class touch would be office type water coolers in each stand if it were possible or a free bottle of water for away fans and fans in the Pre Sonus as they bake in the sun
I can't remember which game, but there was one where someone (maybe multiple people) had to climb out of the stand to get medical assistance for someone, only to get chucked out.
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Not sure they can control the weather.
To be fair, your in the hands of the gods when travelling by rail. 50% of the time, you won't have an issue however other times cause the problems and so many things outside of your control can go wrong like points failure, rail cancellations or someone/something being hit by a train which then leaves you stuck. On the roads, most of the time, sat navs, internet and radios will inform you of delays and you can find a way around it.
But they can control the times of when the games can be played or release funding to help club supply water to all of the supporters. There are so many things that they could do but they have only come out to support the players, not the supporters who are going to the games.
I always take drinks in...bag always searched...I did not know it was an issue.
I assume all rail and flight links to Vipiennes will still be functioning though for those who fear fan meltdown.
Of course. You can take them in any game.
I should think professional athletes will have no problem in those conditions. Hopefully any restrictions will be relaxed to help supporters if they need to be.
Drinks probably hidden deep below your crisps!
Moving the kick-off time wouldn't make much difference on Saturday; it should be postponed.
Unfortunately, football is far from alone in having no real protocol for extreme heat, The Tour de France, for example, has one for basically every other kind of extreme weather - but only local authorities have the power to ban the race in extreme heat, and they generally won't do that for reputational reasons.
Imagine the Tour de France having reputational problems
LOL @eric_plant Got to be a POTD contender!
Asthma medication and bags of clean urine are fine if you keep them refrigerated.
Without a shadow of a doubt!
Are these new menu items for the kiosks or the shop?
My point about a 7pm kick-off is that (although it will be very, very hot anyway) the ground will be in the shade - making it more bearable for those who have seats in the direct sun.
Football, like any other large event, has a duty of care to its patrons. 99% of the time nothing goes wrong, but when it does people look for a scapegoat & then we get all the “we must learn lessons etc etc”.
A week ago I witnessed what happens when a football club reacts to a medical emergency by thinking it’s crowd disorder. What followed broke into crowd disorder because of the poor & inadequate response of police & stewards.
I doubt whether it will be particularly pleasant for the players on Saturday but it’s the crowd that worries me. Let’s hope it all passes off without incident but I think discretion would have been preferable.
The sensible thing would be to only stock non-alcoholic drinks in the Village / bars before the match, and to discourage fans from drinking alcohol in the pubs and at home before coming. Telling people to bring litre bottles of water - and then making sure the stewards took a relaxed view to allowing them in the ground - would be useful. It's the sort of thing that the club should use the players for - recording a video with tips as a professional sportsman for staying hydrated in the sun. I'd like to see more responsible communications using the assets we have - get Alfie to do it, stick it out on Twitter and Facebook and hopefully people will take note.
Actually, through the grapevine I’ve heard the Chairboys Village have taken a huge delivery of this in preparation for the hot weather.
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/dklrlt/british_comedian_sean_lock_just_having_some_water/
A class touch would be office type water coolers in each stand if it were possible or a free bottle of water for away fans and fans in the Pre Sonus as they bake in the sun
What if they gave them the cardboard caps that they could fold to keep the sun out of their eyes? Similiar to those at the Cricket & F1/Formula E
They should just install free water access points all over the ground and have messaged on the advertising boards & screen to get the message across
Standard at the Test Matches I have attended this year
I didn’t see any crowd incidents last week, what happened?
Wembley had lots of free water bottle refill points at the recent Euro final
Does anyone know the law around football grounds providing free tap water?
I can't remember which game, but there was one where someone (maybe multiple people) had to climb out of the stand to get medical assistance for someone, only to get chucked out.
Club have just put this out btw https://www.wwfc.com/news/2022/august/12/stay-cool-at-adams-park-this-weekend/
Wycombe have confirmed fans will be allowed to bring bottles of water with them on Saturday. Good, sensible news
Why would there be a law about this?
See Woodstock 99 on Netflix
Because of this https://twitter.com/pBraz86/status/1558027698500501510