{"id":2784,"date":"2021-12-16T04:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/16\/confirmed-watford-vs-burnley-postponed-due-to-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T04:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:26:53","slug":"confirmed-watford-vs-burnley-postponed-due-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/16\/confirmed-watford-vs-burnley-postponed-due-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Watford vs Burnley postponed due to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Covid-19 Cases rising<\/h2>\n<p>Covid-19 cases worldwide and more specifically in the UK are rising rapidly as the new variant, Omicron, spreads like wildfire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Football clubs have not been exempt from this, and Tottenham have already seen one of their games called off over an outbreak of the virus at their training ground, from which some of their first team are still suffering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UK reports its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since pandemic began, with 78,610 people testing positive<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6tY7Y7FEr9\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/6tY7Y7FEr9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCBreaking\/status\/1471149598488072203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since then, there have been confirmed cases at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/amid-covid-19-scare-manchester-united-issue-update-on-premier-league-clash-with-brentford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a>\u00a0and Brighton, as well as Mateo Kovacic of Chelsea and Brentford\u2019s Ivan Toney testing positive last week.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s clash with Brentford was called off yesterday, and now there has been another casualty.<\/p>\n<h2>Burnley vs Watford called off, with fans already travelling<\/h2>\n<p>Now, just 2 and a half hours before the game between Burnley and Watford, the game has been called off due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Watford camp, that only emerged today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burnley v Watford OFF<\/p>\n<p>Details\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VkYSqAmzwa\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/VkYSqAmzwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Leventhal (@AdamLeventhal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLeventhal\/status\/1471163873814327296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was confirmed by the Lancashire club, who wrote:<\/p>\n<p><em>We can confirm that tonight\u2019s match against Watford has been postponed due to an ongoing Covid outbreak within the opposition squad<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? We can confirm that tonight\u2019s match against Watford has been postponed due to an ongoing Covid outbreak within the opposition squad.<\/p>\n<p>More information to follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oTA9ftrpFO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oTA9ftrpFO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurnleyOfficial\/status\/1471163171767562247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The home side are yet to announce that the game is off, but they follow a worrying trend of increasing numbers of games being postponed amid a raft of COVID-19 cases in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Does the division need a firebreak, or will they push through?<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/following-covid-19-outbreak-antonio-conte-reveals-how-many-tottenham-stars-are-training-ahead-of-leicester\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Following Covid-19 outbreak, Antonio Conte reveals how many Tottenham stars are training ahead of Leicester<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/rb-leipzig-star-drops-massive-hint-on-his-future-amid-manchester-united-interest\/\" rel=\"v:url\">RB Leipzig star drops massive hint on his future amid Manchester United interest<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 Cases rising Covid-19 cases worldwide and more specifically in the UK are rising rapidly as the new variant, Omicron, spreads like wildfire. Football clubs have not been exempt from this, and Tottenham have already seen one of their games called off over an outbreak of the virus at their training ground, from which some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}