Oxford United can have 2,000 fans at games at their Kassam Stadium after December 2

Coronavirus tiers: Which clubs can have fans back after England lockdown ends?

England’s regional tiers have been announced, for when the national lockdown ends on 2 December.

It means some football clubs can welcome limited numbers of spectators back into their grounds.

Arsenal have confirmed they will be the first Premier League club to have home fans at Emirates Stadium, for their Europa League tie with Rapid Vienna on 3 December.

The first Premier League fixture to welcome fans could be West Ham v Manchester United on 5 December, before Chelsea take on Leeds later that evening.

Six English Football League matches could see the return of fans on 2 December with Luton, Wycombe, Charlton, Shrewsbury, Cambridge and Carlisle all placed in tier two.

In tier one, a maximum of 4,000 fans will be allowed at outdoor events - though no clubs are currently there. Up to 2,000 people will be allowed in tier two areas but none in tier three.

Organised grassroots sport will be able to resume, and gyms and leisure centres can reopen across all tiers.

Tiers will be reviewed every two weeks.

So, where does your club fit and when can fans return?

 

Premier League

Arsenal – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Rapid Vienna (3 Dec), Burnley (13 Dec), Southampton (16 Dec)

Aston Villa – Tier 3

Brighton & Hove Albion – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Southampton (7 Dec)

Burnley – Tier 3

Chelsea – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Leeds (5 Dec), Krasnodar (8 Dec)

Crystal Palace – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Tottenham (13 Dec)

Everton – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Chelsea (12 Dec)

Fulham – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Liverpool (13 Dec), Brighton (16 Dec)

Leeds United – Tier 3

Leicester City – Tier 3

Liverpool – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Wolves (6 Dec), Tottenham (16 Dec)

Manchester City – Tier 3

Manchester United – Tier 3

Newcastle United – Tier 3

Sheffield United – Tier 3

Southampton – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Sheffield Utd (13 Dec)

Tottenham Hotspur – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Arsenal (6 Dec), Royal Antwerp (10 Dec)

West Bromwich Albion – Tier 3

West Ham United – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Man Utd (5 Dec), Crystal Palace (16 Dec)

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Tier 3

 

Championship

AFC Bournemouth – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Huddersfield (12 Dec), Wycombe (15 Dec)

Barnsley – Tier 3

Birmingham City – Tier 3

Blackburn Rovers – Tier 3

Brentford – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Blackburn (5 Dec), Derby (9 Dec)

Bristol City – Tier 3

Cardiff City – spectators are not permitted at any sporting events in Wales

Coventry City – Tier 3

Derby County – Tier 3

Huddersfield Town – Tier 3

Luton Town – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Norwich (2 Dec), Preston (12 Dec)

Middlesbrough – Tier 3

Millwall – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Derby (5 Dec), QPR (8 Dec)

Norwich City – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Sheffield Wednesday (5 Dec), Nottingham Forest (9 Dec)

Nottingham Forest – Tier 3

Preston North End – Tier 3

Queens Park Rangers – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Reading (12 Dec), Stoke (15 Dec)

Reading – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Nottingham Forest (5 Dec), Birmingham (9 Dec), Norwich (16 Dec)

Rotherham United – Tier 3

Sheffield Wednesday – Tier 3

Stoke City – Tier 3

Swansea City – spectators are not permitted at any sporting events in Wales

Watford – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Cardiff (5 Dec), Rotherham (8 Dec), Brentford (15 Dec)

Wycombe Wanderers – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Stoke (2 Dec), Coventry (12 Dec)

 

League One

Accrington Stanley – Tier 3

AFC Wimbledon – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Bristol Rovers (5 Dec)

Blackpool – Tier 3

Bristol Rovers – Tier 3

Burton Albion – Tier 3

Charlton Athletic – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: MK Dons (2 Dec), Wimbledon (12 Dec), Bristol Rovers (15 Dec)

Crewe Alexandra – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Northampton (12 Dec), Plymouth (15 Dec)

Doncaster Rovers – Tier 3

Fleetwood Town – Tier 3

Gillingham – Tier 3

Hull City – Tier 3

Ipswich Town – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Portsmouth (12 Dec), Burton (15 Dec)

Lincoln City – Tier 3

Milton Keynes Dons – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Norwich City U21 (8 Dec), Burton (12 Dec), Peterborough (15 Dec)

Northampton Town – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Doncaster (5 Dec)

Oxford United – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Hull (5 Dec), Forest Green (8 Dec), Northampton (15 Dec)

Peterborough United – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Rochdale (12 Dec)

Plymouth Argyle – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Ipswich (5 Dec)

Portsmouth – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Peterborough (5 Dec), Fleetwood (15 Dec)

Rochdale – Tier 3

Shrewsbury Town – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Accrington Stanley (2 Dec), Charlton (5 Dec), Lincoln (8 Dec)

Sunderland – Tier 3

Swindon Town – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Fleetwood (12 Dec)

Wigan Athletic – Tier 3

 

League Two

Barrow – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Salford City (5 Dec)

Bolton Wanderers – Tier 3

Bradford City – Tier 3

Cambridge United – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Mansfield (2 Dec), Oldham (5 Dec), Gillingham (8 Dec), Colchester (15 Dec)

Carlisle United – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Salford City (2 Dec), Stevenage (12 Dec), Mansfield (15 Dec)

Cheltenham Town – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Exeter (5 Dec), Portsmouth (8 Dec), Bolton (15 Dec)

Colchester United – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Grimsby (5 Dec)

Crawley Town – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Barrow (12 Dec), Bradford (15 Dec)

Exeter City – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Northampton (8 Dec), Tranmere (12 Dec), Harrogate (15 Dec)

Forest Green Rovers – Tier 2 , up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Cambridge (12 Dec)

Grimsby Town – Tier 3

Harrogate Town – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Forest Green (5 Dec)

Leyton Orient – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Bristol Rovers (8 Dec), Newport (12 Dec)

Mansfield Town – Tier 3

Morecambe – Tier 3

Newport County – spectators are not permitted at any sporting events in Wales

Oldham Athletic – Tier 3

Port Vale – Tier 3

Salford City – Tier 3

Scunthorpe United – Tier 3

Southend United – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Scunthorpe (12 Dec), Grimsby (15 Dec)

Stevenage – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Southend (5 Dec)

Tranmere Rovers – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Walsall (5 Dec), Stevenage (15 Dec)

Walsall – Tier 3

 

What about the Women’s Super League?

Eight of the 12 teams in England’s top women’s league play their home matches in locations that will be in tier two, and therefore could welcome up to 2,000 fans.

However, two – Bristol City and Everton – play in stadiums which have a capacity for fewer than 4,000 spectators, and therefore will be limited to fewer than 2,000 fans because the cap at 50% of their capacity is smaller than 2,000.

The city of Bristol has been placed into tier three, but Bristol City Women play their home matches at Twerton Park in Bath, which will be in tier two. It remains unclear whether any Robins fans who live in Bristol will be permitted to travel to those games.

Arsenal – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Birmingham (6 Dec),

Aston Villa – Tier 3

Birmingham City – Tier 3

Brighton & Hove Albion – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Chelsea (13 Dec).

Bristol City – Tier 2, up to approximately 1,700 fans allowed (50% of the capacity of Twerton Park). Forthcoming home fixtures: Aston Villa (9 Dec), West Ham (13 Dec).

Chelsea – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: West Ham (6 Dec).

Everton – Tier 2, up to 1,100 fans allowed (approximately 50% of the capacity of Walton Hall Park). Upcoming home fixtures: Man City (6 Dec).

Manchester City – Tier 3

Manchester United – Tier 3

Reading – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Bristol City (6 Dec), Man Utd (13 Dec).

Tottenham Hotspur – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. Forthcoming home fixtures: Brighton (6 Dec), Aston Villa (13 Dec).

West Ham United – Tier 2, up to 2,000 fans allowed. No scheduled home league games until 20 Dec, which is after the situation will have been reviewed.

Original article 26.11.20 on the BBC Sport website.

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