CROSBY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 12: Young home supporters on the terracing during the second-half as Marine play Hyde United in an FA Trophy first round tie at the Marine Travel Arena, formerly known as Rossett Park, in Crosby. Due to coronavirus regulations which had suspended league games, the Merseysiders only fixtures were in cup competitions, including their forthcoming tie against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup third round. Marine won the game by 1-0, watched by a permitted capacity of 400, with the visitors having two men sent off in the second half. England went into full lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. By September 2020 non-League football grounds at Level 7 and below, six divisions down from the Premier League, were open to spectators once again, albeit with strict measures designed to curb the spread of the virus in place. Fans had to register entry to a game by scanning a QR code or simply giving their phone numbers for a rudimentary track and trace system, once pitchside they had to remain socially distanced from their fellow supporters. Advice and warning signs proliferated as did bottles of hand sanitiser gel. Social clubs could be used as long as masks were worn and alcohol was permitted inside the grounds. The players were restricted from using dugouts and the teams came onto the pitch via separate entrances from their dressing rooms. This continued until mid-October when away fans were barred from fixtures played between clubs from different areas and finally at the beginning of January 2021 spectators were once again required to stay away completely as the second wave of Covid-19 brought a new nationwide lockdown. Finally, the UK Government banned the staging of matches below the 'elite' level for an indefinite period, effective 1st January 2021, with the measures finally being relaxed at this level in June 2021. (Photo by Colin McPherson/Getty Images)
