Covid-19: Brighton & Hove Albion (Premier League) offers 1,000 match tickets to NHS health workers

Brighton & Hove Albion FC (Premier League) will provide a minimum of 1,000 game tickets to National Health Service healthcare workers and their families, according to the club on 25/03/2020. NHS workers are facing a Coronavirus pandemic that has already infected more than 14,500 people and killed 759 people in the UK as of 27/03/2020.

"The club board unanimously approved the decision on Tuesday, and have now invited other Premier League, EFL, Scottish and Northern Irish senior clubs to consider following suit with an appropriate number, either for one specific match or spread across a number of fixtures when football resumes and NHS staff are able to attend games," said the English club.

"Chief executive and deputy chairman Paul Barber suggested a club-to-club baton approach and has already nominated fellow south-coast Premier League club AFC Bournemouth as the next in line. Cherries' chairman Jeff Mostyn is keen to rise to the challenge," added Brighton & Hove Albion FC.

"We are working on a range of things across all areas of the community" (P. Barber, Brighton & Hove Albion FC)