2000 fans to be allowed at Tottenham v Arsenal

So there have been many milestones in North London derbies, not least the fact that Arsenal have won two titles after games at White Hart Lane, but it looks like Tottenham v Arsenal will be the first Arsenal game this season that will be played in front of the fans, albeit there will only be a maximum of 2000 lucky people in the stands.

I’m guessing that they will all be Tottenham fans, but at least there will be a little bit of atmosphere from the watching crowd.

This is thanks to the government putting London into the Second Tier category after the current lockdown which ends on December 2nd. The Second Tier still means “High Risk”, but they are relaxing the rules slightly to try and get supporters back at sporting events and to try and reduce the financial devastation caused, especially to smaller clubs.

But still nearly 40% of the country will be in the high risk Tier Three category, which means that the two Manchester clubs, and teams like Leeds Leicester, Newcastle and Aston Villa wil be not allowed fans into the ground yet.

Here is the Full list of Tier 3 areas….

Tier 3: Very High alert
North East
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Stockton-on-Tees
Redcar and Cleveland
Darlington
North East Combined Authority
Sunderland
South Tyneside
Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
County Durham
Northumberland
North West
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Blackpool
Blackburn with Darwen
Yorkshire and The Humber
The Humber
West Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
West Midlands
Birmingham and Black Country
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull
East Midlands
Derby and Derbyshire
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Leicester and Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
South East
Slough (remainder of Berkshire is tier 2)
Kent and Medway
South West
Bristol
South Gloucestershire
North Somerset