Just Sharing This Free to Air English Football Leagues

[Channel Hopper]

With the courts closed for the forseeable future they would be told to 'do one'.

When are all those season tickets gong to be refunded ?

 

[Analoguesat]

With the courts closed for the forseeable future they would be told to 'do one'.

With a few hundred million at stake I dare say the directors would be more than willing to wait a few months or a year until things get back to normal.

 

[Analoguesat]

All English leagues below National League level have been ended immediately and existing results declared void. There will be no relegation or promotion from any of these leagues this year

Coronavirus: All football below National League to end

All football in England below National League level will end immediately and results will be voided with no promotion or relegation.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Analoguesat]

And the fallout from lower league clubs denied promotion has already started just 24 hours after the announcement in the post above. Dozens of tiny football clubs are threatening legal action

Coronavirus: Opposition grows among non-league clubs to ending season

Opposition is growing among clubs in steps three to six of the pyramid to the ending of their season, BBC Sport reports.

www.bbc.co.uk

Meanwhile Scottish clubs are starting to realise that their football season is unlikely to restart before August and not all the smaller clubs will survive

SPFL: Furlough scheme 'should save most Scottish clubs'

The UK Government's furlough scheme "should save most clubs", according to a Scottish League Two official.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[jeallen01]

My "condolencses" to the "minor" league clubs and their faithful supporters.

 

[marshall54]

The last news I have about Championship, I say that this edition (2019-2020), will be canceled and in the next edition 2020-2021 the same teams will start on the road, the sources are inside the phenomenon, at the level of team owners.
Analoguesat, because your sources of information are more advised, please post what you hear about this championship edition ... what do the fans (team supporters) say, what do the officials say, what do the TVs say, what do the sponsors say?

 

[Analoguesat]

Well anything is possible - we know the uk league suspension is almost certainly going to be extended again this week

 

[Analoguesat]

The SPFL in Scotland are becoming resigned to cancelling he rest of the season

SPFL: Finishing season now more unlikely, clubs believe

There is a growing understanding among Scottish football clubs that finishing the season is becoming increasingly unlikely.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Analoguesat]

My "condolencses" to the "minor" league clubs and their faithful supporters.

The fight back starts

More than 100 non-league clubs send letter to FA over expunging season

More than 100 non-league clubs send an open letter to the Football Association, calling for it to "urgently" reconsider expunging their seasons.

www.bbc.co.uk

Edit - by lunchtime its over 100

 

[Analoguesat]

Belgian Premier League cancelled with one game to play - results to stand

Club Bruges to be named champions as Belgian Pro League cancelled

The Belgian Pro League becomes the first major European league to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Analoguesat]

Premier League posatponed indefinitely "until it is safe to resume"

Premier League clubs to consult players on 30% wage cut as resumption delayed

Premier League clubs will ask players to take a 30% wage cut as it is announced the season will not resume from 30 April.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Analoguesat]

The 3pm lockout has been lifted for UK broadcasters. Presumably thats in preparation for closed doors games to be broadcast on Sky Sports.

Uefa lifts Saturday 15:00 football TV blackout in England and Scotland

Uefa lifts the ban on showing games starting at 15:00 on a Saturday live on TV in England and Scotland.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[marshall54]

I think, before two months, he cannot start the first 5 championships in England.
Analogously, you have the last word and please give us news and at least an approximate start date for the first five football leagues in England.
I renewed my subscriptions to the 5 digital platforms (terrestrial, satellite and internet) ... but I hope the money paid is not in vain.
The financial losses suffered by the lack of football on television are not to be neglected!

 

[Analoguesat]

I think, before two months, he cannot start the first 5 championships in England.
Analogously, you have the last word and please give us news and at least an approximate start date for the first five football leagues in England.
I renewed my subscriptions to the 5 digital platforms (terrestrial, satellite and internet) ... but I hope the money paid is not in vain.
The financial losses suffered by the lack of football on television are not to be neglected!

There is absolutely no point asking when games will begin again. Nobody knows ( & nobody can know) when the leagues will restart. It will all depend on how the spread of the virus goes in the UK, whether a vaccine is developed what the death toll does, etc. The best answer I or anyone else can give you is "eventually"

As far as I can tell from the bbc news website the thinking seems to be that the season will finish somehow - even if it means restarting late in the summer or early autumn. I reckon if the games are indeed played behind closed doors then we may see the last 9 or 10 games compressed into say 4 or 5 weeks just to get the league finished in some semblance of order. Then presumably a short break then start 2020-21 season as soon as possible after that

However seeing as hundreds of people are dying every day in the uk & thousands are seriously ill in hospital football really has a very low importance in the grand scheme of things. Ther would be a MAJOR backlash against the entire football industry if for example a player got a broken leg in a game and ended up in hospital taking up a bed badly needed for a virus victim.

 

[Analoguesat]

There is also a mjor backlash growing over top flight clubs furloughing (laying off) low paid none playing staff whilst continuing to pay their playing staff their obscene salaries, & the reason for the backlash is furloughed staff get payed 80% of their salaries by the government.

 

[marshall54]

The latest official news from English football

At the last meeting of shareholders in English football, three main measures are of interest:

- The current season will not be resumed at the beginning of May.
-The players' salaries will be reduced by 30%.
- Aid of 125 million pounds was approved for the teams from EFL and NATIONAL LIGA.

In conclusion ... earlier in June we will not see football matches in the EFL and NATIONAL LIGA.

 

[Analoguesat]

Interesting analysis of the Scottish situation here

Coronavirus: What are the options for Scottish football?

Scottish football was suspended last month with eight games left to play. What might happen next?

www.bbc.co.uk

If this is accurate the SPFL clubs will scrap the rest of this season as they are running out of time to play to a conclusion and concentrate on 2020-21

 

[Analoguesat]

An interesting development in Scotland. The 42 league clubs are to vote to end the campaign now in the 3 lower divisions

SPFL: Clubs to vote on lower leagues; Premiership decision on hold

SPFL clubs will vote this week on whether the Scottish Championship, League One and League Two seasons should be ended - but a decision over the outcome of the Premiership has been delayed.

www.bbc.co.uk

However Partick have already said they will not accept relegation into L1

Partick Thistle: Championship side 'will not accept' relegation

Scottish Championship bottom side Partick Thistle "will not accept" being relegated to League One after the SPFL proposed to end the term as it stands.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Analoguesat]

Scottish leagues suspended until June 10th at the earliest. Time is rapidly running out to get this season finished

Scottish football season suspended until 10 June

The SFA says there is "no prospect of training, let alone organised football" as the season is pushed back further.

www.bbc.co.uk

Meanwhile in England the National League teams will vote on whether the end their season now

National League clubs to be asked to vote on plan to end season

The National League board is to ask clubs in its three divisions to vote on whether to end the season without further matches.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[marshall54]

News

The difficult situation in German football (four teams in the 1st Bundesliga and 9 teams in the 2nd Bundesliga are facing big financial problems), it seems that there is also in English football, so the money that was received at the end of the championships (according to the place occupied by each team in the standings), some of them, from now on, will be given to help the clubs.
These amounts, paid in advance, will be higher for the clubs leading the rankings (over 20 million pounds each), while the small clubs will receive less than this amount.
It should be mentioned that the clubs have already received the amounts they owed, from the televisions that broadcast the matches but, if the matches remained to be played in different competitions, then they will have to return an appropriate part for the matches not played.