[Football] Premier League / Football League attempts to finish the season

[Bold Seagull]

Does design, spatial awareness, familiarity with physical surroundings all contribute to home advantage? (a piece by a friend of mine).

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[Bob!]

Are we to assume they will still stick with the traditional of the final round of games all kicking off at the same time?

You'd assume so?

Possibly, although it may well depend on if there's much to sort out. If the European and relegation places are sorted, there isn't nearly as much pressure to all kick off at same time

The article did say that the clubs have agreed to a provisional end date of Saturday 25th June (rather than the weekend of....) so I would assume all fixtures at same time.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

The article did say that the clubs have agreed to a provisional end date of Saturday 25th June (rather than the weekend of....) so I would assume all fixtures at same time.

How can that be right ?

The fixtures cannot possibly end by June 25th, if they start on June 17th.

 

[Pierre the Painter]

Anyone know why Man City v Newcastle and Man U v Sheffield have been picked out for special attention?

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

How can that be right ?

The fixtures cannot possibly end by June 25th, if they start on June 17th.

Lots of double headers, if its good enough for Sunday League football, it's good enough for the Premier League.

Seriously though the end date is scheduled to be July 25th.

 

[Weststander]

I can't even remember where we had got up to with the FA Cup? Quarter finals? And who is left in it?

Same here. All I know is that the media are sticking their necks out in predicting an underdogs final of Manure v Citeh.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Anyone know why Man City v Newcastle and Man U v Sheffield have been picked out for special attention?

It looks like the GM Police are twitchy about games which could attract away fans to travel.

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[Pierre the Painter]

According to the Atheltic on twitter a number of police forces have now made objections to clubs playing at their home games, could be a substantial amount more neutral games than what have already been mooted (no suggestion it includes us though).

 

[Papa Lazarou]

According to the Atheltic on twitter a number of police forces have now made objections to clubs playing at their home games, could be a substantial amount more neutral games than what have already been mooted (no suggestion it includes us though).

Makes me wonder if they'll play extra games at the Amex, given it's out of town.

 

[Bozza]

According to the Atheltic on twitter a number of police forces have now made objections to clubs playing at their home games, could be a substantial amount more neutral games than what have already been mooted (no suggestion it includes us though).

I suspect, particularly at the bottom end of the table, decisions about neutral venues will need to be made as things evolve and some fixtures become more significant.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I suspect, particularly at the bottom end of the table, decisions about neutral venues will need to be made as things evolve and some fixtures become more significant.

If we win our first 5 games back, I reckon we'll be much more open to playing the rest at neutral venues.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Makes me wonder if they'll play extra games at the Amex, given it's out of town.

It's got to be high on the list of potential neutral venues given access directly from a dual carriageway A-road, plenty of plush hotels in Sussex for teams to hole up in, close to Gatwick etc. etc.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

I am only concerned with matches that affect The Albion.. great that some may be on free to air tv. I read on the BBC site that the restart begins Wednesday night 17th with Man C v Arsenal. Presumably we kick of the following weekend with our delayed game v Arsenal.
That would mean that by the time we play them, Arsenal will have had the benefit of already having played a game under this new system. We will go into it green.
I don't think that is fair. All games should start the same weekend with all teams fresh ....any catch up fixtures could be slotted in later.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Lots of talk now of the 2nd wave hitting towards the end of June.

There's a chance that this will all get called off at the last minute.

 

[Official Old Man]

'May be' dates. FA Cup weekends will be left blank.
June 19/22 H Arsenal
June 23/25 A Leicester
June 30/July 2 H Man Utd
July 3/6 A Norwich
July 7/9 H Liverpool
July 10/13 H Man City
July 14/16 A Saints
July 21/23 H Newcastle
July 26 A Burnley

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Lots of talk now of the 2nd wave hitting towards the end of June.

There's a chance that this will all get called off at the last minute.

The Covid 19 deniers will be the determinant for that.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52858392

Those playing it down will be the ones at risk of spreading it and inadvertently causing the cancellation of Restart.

 

[bhafc99]

Cracking article by Jonathan Lieu in The Guardian this morning:


Well done, everyone: we did it. They said it wasn’t possible. They said it wasn’t safe. They said it would be tactless to start up one of the world’s most lucrative sports leagues while thousands are dying. They said it wouldn’t be a fair competition. They may still be right about all of this, of course. More on that in a moment.

But for now, football is back. Watch it. Drink it in. Lose yourself in a pure six-week football bender: 92 Premier League fixtures, spread across every day of the week and every conceivable time slot, all of it live on television, much of it free to air. Take that, null-and-voiders; dry your tears, PPG; up yours, Troy Deeney. Football is back and all it took was the spectre of financial catastrophe and the sight of Germany handling things far more adeptly.

FULL ARTICLE HERE >>> https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-league-restart-spectre-financial-catastrophe

 

[METALMICKY]

Sorry to moan but can we please put to bed the recurrent nonsense mantra that the return of football will boost the morale of the nation. As unbelievable as it may seem to us there is a huge proportion of the population don't give a monkeys.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Sorry to moan but can we please put to bed the recurrent nonsense mantra that the return of football will boost the morale of the nation. As unbelievable as it may seem to us there is a huge proportion of the population don't give a monkeys.

More of a morale boost for the armchair viewers, I would suggest. Those of us that go seem a lot more split on the issue.

 

[Wozza]

Woah! If club has just 15 fit players, it will be required to play...

https://apnews.com/b310204587dd2ba460b7d6cd39f291fa