middlesbrough also have a murky past and bristol city in the 80,s.
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middlesbrough also have a murky past and bristol city in the 80,s.
think these teams below the national leagues north and south will be the ones that will suffer in the end. lots of them rely on the club house being open and renting this off for events. no millionaire foreign owner and run by volunteers. mind you i doubt we will hear about it unless they still have a local paper in their area. these clubs may only have a couple of hundred fans on a good day but are more important to their community than some pointless text from a premier league player thats would be back page headline news.
I see Darragh MacAnthony of Peterborough having a whinge about the twice weekly cost of testing to his 15 players/staff back in work same person only last week saying he was keen to get back playing but the usual dissenting voices were keen to keep hibernateing until crowds back. You can bet we were one of those but he needs to make his mind up or has he got his sums wrong.
Another government briefing today on the next steps on things opening interesting that outdoor theatres allowed to open with distancing measures in place in the audience, no mention for football etc:- yet but if the EFL voting for start of season which I think is next week gets a yes vote it's looking like September 12th it will surely be reduced crowds with strict guidelines.
Said all along 26 September we’ll all be back.
Hope you are right but I have been hearing the Premier League and other sports have been discussing with government and health officials start date of September 12th with 30 to 50% crowds all wearing masks and opening stadia 3 hours before kickoff, would personally prefer your option.
a week later than what i thought, but whats just one week. quicker the fixtures are out after the play off finals then it will give clubs a bit of a goal to concentrate on. fans also might become more positive about the situation also.
The season my start earlier but I reckon by 26th fans will be back.
I'd prefer to wait but what do I know.
I'd prefer to wait but what do I know.
Seems a bit early with two premier league teams possibly playing on the 23rd August, unless they are more or less playing straight through.
To meet TV deal requirements they need 34 weekend matches fitted in also need to finish before Euro,s they will probably ditch the Carabo cup and FA cup replays they wanted that anyway.
Carabao Cup will not be "ditched"; far too lucrative to EFL and their members (clubs)
FA Cup replays "might" be under threat earlier in the Competition; but nothing agreed.
Championship and PL "close" season's will be very short, as very little room for manovoure with the European Championships being moved back from this summer
FA Cup replays "might" be under threat earlier in the Competition; but nothing agreed.
Championship and PL "close" season's will be very short, as very little room for manovoure with the European Championships being moved back from this summer
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andyd;1241842 start date of September 12th with 30 to 50% crowds all wearing masks and opening stadia 3 hours before kickoff said:
Like Cashman says nobody knows for sure what is going to happen, but IMHO if we are as a population going to be guided by the Covid alert system which is currently at level 3 to me limits on all walks of life including full crowds back at football won't happen until we move to level 1, which is no presence of the virus in the country or a vaccine.