Bristol City's chief executive Mark Ashton has questioned the logic of banning football fans from stadiums as cinemas and theatres re-open and urged the Government to urgently reconsider.
It came as hundreds of City supporters were welcomed into Ashton Gate’s bars and hospitality suites for Saturday’s Championship fixture with Swansea but had to watch the game on television screens.
A handful of pilot events were staged in the EFL in September with 1,000 socially-distanced fans permitted inside the stadiums.
Although the events passed off safely, a rise in coronavirus cases nationally led to fans being locked out again, potentially until March next year.