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England or Wales?
By: Acme Thunderer Date: January 7, 2022, 3:06 pm
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An interesting piece on the BBC NW News tonight about Chester FC
whose ground is partly in England and partly in Wales.
Apparently the Welsh government are not happy that CFC have been
admitting fans to their recent games in an English league, in
contravention of Covid restrictions in Wales but not in England.
A bit of a dilemma and I wonder how they're going to solve it,
particularly bearing in mind that the pitch and most of the
stands are in Wales!
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Re: England or Wales?
By: TVOS Date: January 7, 2022, 3:10 pm
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Put all the fans in the England end?
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Re: England or Wales?
By: RCG Date: January 7, 2022, 3:31 pm
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If there was an incident at the ground would Welsh or English
emergency services attend?
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Re: England or Wales?
By: Ashington46 Date: January 7, 2022, 5:46 pm
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[quote author=RCG link=topic=3254.msg42528#msg42528
date=1641591106]
If there was an incident at the ground would Welsh or English
emergency services attend?
[/quote]
Good question because, according to reports, they are policed
by the Cheshire Police Force. Perhaps the club should be
charging the Welsh for the cost of policing if the Welsh won't
do the job.
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Re: England or Wales?
By: Acme Thunderer Date: January 8, 2022, 3:33 am
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[quote author=Ashington46 link=topic=3254.msg42530#msg42530
date=1641599180]
[quote author=RCG link=topic=3254.msg42528#msg42528
date=1641591106]
If there was an incident at the ground would Welsh or English
emergency services attend?
[/quote]
Good question because, according to reports, they are policed
by the Cheshire Police Force. Perhaps the club should be
charging the Welsh for the cost of policing if the Welsh won't
do the job.
[/quote]
Yes, that is correct. The ground has a 'CH' (Chester, England)
postcode, so is policed by the Cheshire Police Force, presumably
with some financial arrangement with the Welsh Police. I assume
the same applies to the other emergency services + such things
as utilities and rubbish collection.
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Re: England or Wales?
By: Leggy Date: January 8, 2022, 5:00 am
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Doesn't this story just expose the nonsense of having different
rules for different parts of the (devolved) United Kingdom?
COVID-19 does not respect the boundary between England and Wales
and the rules should be the same. A further daft layer of local
government we probably could all do without paying for.
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Re: England or Wales?
By: ajb95 Date: January 8, 2022, 7:40 am
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The club play in England, their offices are registered in
England, the ground is located in an England postcode, so for me
legally, the club is in England. Typical government sticking
their nose in and creating a big issues when there isnt one
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Re: England or Wales?
By: Bakis Date: January 14, 2022, 4:48 am
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Postcodes bear no relation to national or local authority
boundaries. Aberystwyth, for example, has an SY (Shrewsbury)
postcode, whereas some parts of Shropshire are LD (Llandrindod
Wells). The argument about the location of offices, however,
does seem to carry weight. As far as emergency services are
concerned, is it possible to reach the ground by road from Wales
without going through England?
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