11-18-2020, 07:42 AM
Jordan North: The football fans missing their 'happy place'
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When BBC Radio 1 เทคนิคสล็อตออนไลน์ DJ Jordan North got through his I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here
viper challenge by chanting about his "happy place" - Burnley FC's Turf Moor stadium - he sparked a wave of
online jokes.
But among the gags about whether Turf Moor is happier for Burnley or the away supporters was a truth for
many football fans: their home ground has always been a source of solace and community in tough times.
That was true until this year, when the pandemic closed the stadiums. So how much are football fans missing
their hallowed turf and how are they coping?
'We're missing that togetherness'
Being held up by his dad on the terraces of Bramall Lane, Sheffield United's ground, is one of Adam Murray's
first memories.
"When it's something you've had around you all your life, it's generally a happy place - win, lose or draw,
it's about the family time and the time with your friends," he says.
Going to the match has always been a multi-generational family affair, Adam says, with friends meeting up for
a drink beforehand and joining their families at seats they've had for years.
So losing this has been just one more way in which the virus is keeping loved ones apart.
'It's a home away from home'
Football writer Harry Pearson, a fan of northern non-league football, said the period before the second lockdown
provided a rare phenomenon.
Because capacity was limited to just 150 people in some cases, even some of the smallest clubs would have
crowds locked outside, clamouring to get in.
"They were standing outside trying to watch the game through the gates. It's never been known, such a thing
in the Northern League that people were locked out," he says.
When BBC Radio 1 เทคนิคสล็อตออนไลน์ DJ Jordan North got through his I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here
viper challenge by chanting about his "happy place" - Burnley FC's Turf Moor stadium - he sparked a wave of
online jokes.
But among the gags about whether Turf Moor is happier for Burnley or the away supporters was a truth for
many football fans: their home ground has always been a source of solace and community in tough times.
That was true until this year, when the pandemic closed the stadiums. So how much are football fans missing
their hallowed turf and how are they coping?
'We're missing that togetherness'
Being held up by his dad on the terraces of Bramall Lane, Sheffield United's ground, is one of Adam Murray's
first memories.
"When it's something you've had around you all your life, it's generally a happy place - win, lose or draw,
it's about the family time and the time with your friends," he says.
Going to the match has always been a multi-generational family affair, Adam says, with friends meeting up for
a drink beforehand and joining their families at seats they've had for years.
So losing this has been just one more way in which the virus is keeping loved ones apart.
'It's a home away from home'
Football writer Harry Pearson, a fan of northern non-league football, said the period before the second lockdown
provided a rare phenomenon.
Because capacity was limited to just 150 people in some cases, even some of the smallest clubs would have
crowds locked outside, clamouring to get in.
"They were standing outside trying to watch the game through the gates. It's never been known, such a thing
in the Northern League that people were locked out," he says.