Football Fans Allowed to Return to Some English Stadiums in December & What Effect Will This Have on Gambling?

The welcome news that sports fans will be allowed to return to UK stadiums and venues was announced this week.

It will only be small but will certainly have an impact on people’s lives. Not only will there be some kind of normality for fans who get the chance to attend, but it will also affect how people approach betting on games.

New Fan Attendance Rules

Spectators will not be allowed to attend based on the tier that the ground area is in. For football teams, this means that 4000 fans can attend if the area is in tier 1, while 2000 can attend if the area is in tier 2.

This will be a small fraction of fans for those in the bigger leagues, but down the pyramid, having 4000 in attendance will create some kind of normality.

In every sport, criteria will mean that the most loyal fans will be in attendance, so for football, this means that no one other than season ticket holders will be able to go to games.

This is a start and nothing more than that, but it will have a big impact on people’s lives, who have missed watching their team and struggled because of that.

What Effect Will This Have on Gambling?

This is also going to have a big effect on those who gamble on football, and being up to date with the rules surrounding fan attendance is going to be something else that punters have to look at.

At the moment, English leagues are easy to follow because no fans can go to the grounds. We have seen away teams win more games than they normally would, though as fans come back into stadiums, that will change a little.

This is why punters need to be aware of the rules and where the fans will be before placing a bet.

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If you are betting on a team that has no fans in attendance compared to one that has 4000 fans for a team that usually only gets 6000 fans then you are comparing two very different circumstances.

The first is behind closed doors and play in the environment where we have seen away teams thrive. The second is something that will work out very similar to a normal home game, even if the fans have to be a little more spread out around the stadium than we have seen in the past.

This gives the home team most, if not all, of their advantage back.

Many football punters have a list of things they check off before placing a bet, usually including things such as team news, checking schedules for when a team last played and seeing if there are any big games on the horizon.

The number of fans in attendance is something else that you need to add to this from now onwards. It is likely to be even more important over the next few months as we see some games with 4000 fans and some with none at all, potentially giving a big advantage to teams in certain games.

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