TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:31 pm
RFU have said Worcester to be suspended from all competitions unless they get stadium safety sorted by noon tomorrow
Exeter have announced their team announcement has been delayed till 2pm.
Also some people saying some of the casual workers who do bar work etc at the stadium have had messages saying they don't need to work Sunday as they may not get paid.
Used to run around with an 11, 14 or 15 on my back.
I'm with OldHob in being anymore confident in their future. Ground holds more than 10,000 so subject to LA inspection and cert under Sports Grounds Safety Act '75. In that there is a prime duty to maintain communication and safety with the crowd including need for Stewards. I'm guessing it's the number of Stewards that has reduced the crowd numbers to the next tier under the Act of 5,000.
That's Ground safety; no reference to financial safety.
From the release I have just read, it would appear this match is going ahead becuse of the good will of the staff and I suspect that they are doing it knowing that they are not going to get paid. That said, they are at home again next week and have another payroll the week after and I suspect that good will is running out and that this will reach a conclusion one way or another in the next 2 weeks.
TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:16 pm
Definitely, it's been confirmed this game is happening with no new funding, so is probably only going to be staff/volunteers only running it
That would explain the reduced capacity at the ground, only enough to manage a crowd of £5000.00.
