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Gary C wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:42 am Been told that further ticketing information is expected on Monday following a Council meeting

Hi all, Just for accuracy and clarification, it's not a Council meeting but an independent Safety Advisory Group ( SAG ) . SAG's can comprise a whole range of relevant parties including Public Health, emergency services and other relevant parties. Council's ARE responsible for convening SAGs and a meeting may include Local Authority representatives ( typically community safety and Environmental Health officers ) but they are independent and not a Council committee. They are not statutory bodies and don't usually have the power to approve or prohibit an event taking place. I say 'usually' because in this case the National League have made clear in their statement that the pilot fixtures are "subject to local safety advisory group approval." . Following the National League's announcement on Friday, the Council was asked to convene a SAG and it has ( as I think has been mentioned elsewhere) been scheduled for Monday morning. Just for the record, SAG meetings are attended by the relevant and appropriate professional officers .... councillors aren't involved!!!

Hope that helps

Jeremy

As you know, Board Members never visit this forum or read the comments but if they did, this one would have said that today's result was jolly exciting and took me right back to those other wonderful days I've been fortunate enough to remember ( and I know i've not been around as long as many of you ) when we were closing in on promotion or some cup success. I'm always very proud of this club - not just for the way it performs on days like this but for all the amazing work it does in the community, to promote the wider game in all its manifestations and at all levels and the way it reflects well on our town. It has, without doubt, been an appalling and unsettling year for our town and the people - and we can never undo that sense of loss and worry that 2020 has brought - but today is a bright point and one to be treasured. Let's hope we can go further. Jeremy.

PS . I did manage to log on to the livestream ok as a single match user but tbh I shut it down during the penalty taking and again for the last 10 minutes. I'm an old man and I can't take the stress like I used to. lol

Merry Christmas to the DFC community.

My association with the club is certainly nowhere near as long as some ( and the gap between me attending the FA Trophy in 1974 and my next Darts game in 2005 may well be some kind of record ! ) but I still get the same buzz attending games at PP as I did when I walked in for the opening game at 11th November 2006. A lot of that is down to the friendship of everyone I know, half-know and am on nodding-terms with all around the club. Special best wishes to my fellow directors ( who never read the forum ), the management team, Jack, the players, the Supporters Club, community team and all the matchday volunteers. Also to the media and announcing team who sit alongside me at home games, particularly my immediate neighbour Gary who is responsible for me not seeing a single nearside, right hand corner for more than eight years.

Have a happy Christmas

Jeremy

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