ALL major sports events across England move back behind closed doors amid change to Government tier system which puts Liverpool into Tier 3 – and only the Isles of Scilly stays …
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Fans will be locked out of sporting events across the whole country as Covid-19 restrictions are once again tightened to combat the new strain of the virus.
All Premier League and EFL football matches will return to being played behind closed doors with Liverpool and other tier two regions poised to move to Tier Three or four coronavirus rules.
Liverpool and Everton were the only two Premier League clubs permitted up to 2,000 fans at their games but the latest Government measures will see empty stands once more.
Sports events across the country will return to behind closed doors events with the latest Covid-19 crackdown placing everywhere except the Isles of Scilly into tier three or four
Two thousands supporters had been allowed into recent Liverpool home matches but that will now end with the city back into tier three
The latest restrictions will see all of England, with the exception of the Isles of Scilly, placed into either tier three or tier four
Sporting events in tier two are allowed up to 2,000 spectators while those in tier one are permitted up to 4,000.
But, under the new national restrictions announced on Wednesday afternoon, only the Isles of Scilly, off Cornwall, are in tier one and no area is now in tier two.
When the last set of tier restrictions were brought in on Boxing Day, only seven EFL clubs – Carlisle United, Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City, Bournemouth, Shrewsbury Town, Harrogate Town and Tranmere Rovers – were in tier two and therefore allowed 2,000 fans.
But this proved short-lived, with the Government placing millions into tighter tiers on Wednesday.
The areas moved up from tier two into tier three include Liverpool, Rutland, North Yorkshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
Tuesday’s Premier League game between Man United and Wolves at a deserted old Trafford
It comes as outbreaks of the more virulent new strain of Covid-19 within football clubs begins to wreak havoc with the fixture schedules.
Wednesday evening’s Premier League fixture between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham was called off less than four hours before kick-off following positive tests at the Craven Cottage club.
It came after Monday night’s match between Everton and Manchester City was postponed.
But the Premier League has pledged to continue the season despite calls for a two-week ‘circuit breaker’ pause to combat rising numbers of cases within clubs.
18 positive tests were returned among players and club staff in the latest set of results for between December 21 and 27.
There has already been major disruption further down the football leagues with seven of the 12 scheduled games in League One on Tuesday night postponed.
The Premier League match between Everton and Manchester City was postponed on Monday
Three-quarters of England will be under Tier Four restrictions from midnight tonight with all remaining areas being escalated to Tier Three.
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are already in the midst of their own clampdowns amid fears over the more infectious ‘mutant’ strain that is running riot.
Mr Hancock told MPs: ‘Almost all of the country are going to be in Tiers 3 and 4… I am afraid it is absolutely necessary because of the numbers we have seen.’
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