Return of league 2, 12th Sept (merged)

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Think the EFL are looking for some sort of financial package to cover period with no fans.
Great news, let’s get cracking!

Probably only a loan though so clubs getting into even more debt.

All games Live on iFollow is going to be the norm for now you would think.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Probably only a loan though so clubs getting into even more debt.

All games Live on iFollow is going to be the norm for now you would think.

Some might argue that is the fear, let’s face it, for 97% of fans of top flight clubs watching football on TV is the norm and the crowd is irrelevant to them. Sadly, I think this last few weeks has actually shown at the top level fans aren’t important to anything.

They’ve introduced so called drinks breaks which they’ve touted for a while, I mean it’ll look foolish all stood dithering in November but we all know deep down it’s a time out and an opportunity for TV folk to sell advertising.

At our level fans in the ground generate income, if people get out of the habit, for many it’ll be a hard one to pick back up, for numerous reasons.

My personal view is the football league in particular shouldn’t/doesn’t need to start until fans are allowed in the ground.

Quoted from promotion plaice

All games Live on iFollow is going to be the norm for now you would think.

Season tickets holders only, no away fans, whole ground open to season tickets, no entry without a mask, which must be worn at all times, temperature checks at the turnstiles and Ifollow made available throughout the season..thats how i would do it.

When the fans do return:

Don't know how they are going to police the loo's because the queue's at half-time are horrendous.

At least the beer will be cheap, if it isn't already most of it will be nearly out of date by now  

No fans ... How can EFL clubs suddenly afford to start in September with out fans ?

You’d Imagine there’s a financial package in place to return and I’m all for it. Hopefully it’s enough to end the 25% wage cut and get on with building a squad.

You could say why don’t we wait until mid October, but that isn’t guaranteed and we need to know what we’re doing. Adding to that, the Euros are in 2021, this is the latest they could realistically leave it. I’m pleased we have some clarity and can now start to plan (and get bloody excited!)

Quoted from It Bites

No fans ... How can EFL clubs suddenly afford to start in September with out fans ?

Agree with the comments on here that support not returning until October when we hopefully will be allowed crowds of around 3000 without face masks, temperature checks etc. Agree no away fans until possibly the new year which will be very hard for our exiles and hard core travelling support but that should be the limit on concessions.

I just cannot see how returning without any sort of crowd is financially viable to any team in the lower leagues.

I also thought the Shrewsbury suggestion, also put forward by a Fishy member on a previous thread, to start on 12 September with Caraboa cup games made excellent sense.

More bizarrely the Premiership kicks off immediately following an international break so gives them around 3 days max preparation time, ridiculously short.

Can't wait!! Looking forward to see who Ollie brings in as well  

As a financial package to see clubs over until fans are allowed in, give the clubs the same amount of money as their average attendance las5 season. I understand anyone in league 1 that got relegated will in theory have a lower average because they were losing games. PS, on this calculation it means scunny get £124.67 pence, per game.