[Albion] Premier League plans for the remainder of the season *** ALL FIXTURES POSTPONED 3rd April

[Ernest]

Just heard a rumour that the PL will be suspended until April 4th
From A swindon town employee

But it might be rubbish

True, same as the PL

 

[surrey jim]

Just heard a rumour that the PL will be suspended until April 4th
From A swindon town employee

But it might be rubbish

Breaking on Sky news now

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1238414126881419264

English Football League has agreed to suspend all games until at least 4 April due to the virus outbreak

 

[pasty]

Breaking on Sky news now

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1238414126881419264

Surely the Premier League will have to do the same now?

 

[Ernest]

Even womens football and academy off as well , till April 3rd

 

[pasty]

Bookies are going to take a real hit on all this sport being suspended. Shame

 

[hart's shirt]

How long do we have to wait until the 'Team v Manchester United' thread?

Bored already.

 

[Titanic]

With the peak predicted for May/June... 3rd April sounds a tad optimistic.

 

[narly101]

Makes sense, but I don't see it continuing after the 4th April to be honest. Still they've just given themselves a month to see what happens

 

[wolfie]

With the peak predicted for May/June... 3rd April sounds a tad optimistic.

We could be the first club never to win a game in a calendar year outside of wartime ?

 

[dazzer6666]

With the peak predicted for May/June... 3rd April sounds a tad optimistic.

That's just an interim date.......can see how things pan out, and work on solutions

 

[pasty]

Gotta love Sky Sports News. Obviously all they are talking about is the suspension of all football, but then during the ad break they run a Super Sunday and Monday Night Football promo

 

[GT49er]

I cannot see the season being pulled forever. Just stopped. If teams were denied promotion etc it would end up in the courts.

Who are they going to sue? The Government for passing legislation on large gatherings? The WHO for the advice they give world wide and for declaring a pandemic? Coronavirus? Good lick with any of those.

 

[swindonseagull]

Good lick with any of those.

Probably a bit dangerous to lick anything.

 

[GT49er]

Probably a bit dangerous to lick anything.

Damn the time limit on editing posts!

 

[oldboyroy]

I just cannot see anymore football until at least may or June so will have to carry on season then but according to some reports all games must be played at least 3 weeks before a new season starts.

 

[clapham_gull]

I’ve said before that football always seems the most important of the least important things. Today, football and football matches really aren’t important at all.

Of course, we don’t want to play in front of an empty stadium and we don’t want games or competitions suspended, but if doing so helps one individual stay healthy - just one - we do it no questions asked.

If it’s a choice between football and the good of the wider society, it’s no contest. Really, it isn’t.

Klopp really is a class act.

 

[GT49er]

I just cannot see anymore football until at least may or June so will have to carry on season then.

No we won't - unless the powers that be come up with a really stupid plan. If there's no football until June then the 2019-20 season will have to be declared void. Start again in August 2020 as you were in August 2019.

 

[Wozza]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-chief-greg-clarke-fears-the-season-will-not-finish-c57rs2mbq

FA chief Greg Clarke fears the season will not finish

The FA chairman Greg Clarke has told the Premier League that he does not think the domestic football season will be completed, sparking fears of huge financial repercussions for the clubs.

Clarke attended the emergency Premier League meeting in London yesterday, which concluded by suspending the Premier League, EFL, the FA Women’s Super League and the Women’s Championship until April 3 in response to a series of coronavirus cases across the game.

The risk to the top flight, and indeed to Uefa, of not completing the season is that it could jeopardise billions of pounds in TV money. For the Premier League alone, losses could amount to as much as £750 million.

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At the Premier League meeting yesterday, it was Clarke who addressed the elephant in the room when he said that he did not think it was “feasible” the season would be completed. Government guidance has suggested that coronavirus will not peak until about mid-June. Clarke clearly thinks that a rise in coronavirus cases will simply make it impossible for clubs to honour their fixtures.

It is understood that Paul Barber, the Brighton & Hove Albion chief executive, responded by questioning the wisdom of suspending matches only until the start of next month if the situation is going escalate well into the summer.

Richard Masters, the Premier League chief executive, responded by saying that although he recognised the challenges ahead should the forecast prove correct, the temporary suspension would at least give them time to consider the potential consequences and debate the possible solutions. At present, Liverpool sit 25 points clear at the top of the Premier League table with nine games remaining.

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[Seagulls over Essex]

No we won't - unless the powers that be come up with a really stupid plan. If there's no football until June then the 2019-20 season will have to be declared void. Start again in August 2020 as you were in August 2019.

I think this is the most likely scenario unfortunately.

 

[essbee1]

I think this is the most likely scenario unfortunately.

Unfortunate of course - but why so for the Albion?