Premier League suspended until April (or whenever?)

[Robin127]

Be better off finishing it when they can and have a plan in place for what to do about the following season.

 

[Miles Away]

Be better off finishing it when they can and have a plan in place for what to do about the following season.

My thought too.

Need to complete the season before starting a new one.

 

[FOX Franks]

Playoffs between bottom 6 in premier league and top 6 in Championship

 

[pork pie fox]

Premier League discusses isolated camps for hosting remaining games amid coronavirus pandemic

Exclusive: The Independent has been told that plans have been drawn up to televise all remaining 92 matches, with a handful on every day over the summer months

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Lako42]

Playoffs between bottom 6 in premier league and top 6 in Championship

This would be ace

 

[jb5000]

Premier League discusses isolated camps for hosting remaining games amid coronavirus pandemic

Exclusive: The Independent has been told that plans have been drawn up to televise all remaining 92 matches, with a handful on every day over the summer months

www.independent.co.uk

This would make the most sense to me - it's better to finish this season and prepare to start the next one late rather than the minefield of shortening this one part way through

 

[pork pie fox]

This would make the most sense to me - it's better to finish this season and prepare to start the next one late rather than the minefield of shortening this one part way through

I like the use of the word "camps". Can you imagine them all staying in tents, singing round the camp fire at night, before heading off to the local council pitch for a match?

 

[mabrah]

I cannot see the season being finished personally

Impersonally then?

 

[Blaarev]

Bundesliga will also try to finish the season behind closed doors.

 

[jb5000]

I like the use of the word "camps". Can you imagine them all staying in tents, singing round the camp fire at night, before heading off to the local council pitch for a match?

Hopefully the lockdown will mean less dogshit to pick off the pitch first then

 

[Graz]

Hopefully the lockdown will mean less dogshit to pick off the pitch first then

Pitches covered in dog shit may reduce the amount of diving and rolling around

 

[pork pie fox]

National League suspended indefinitely

The three divisions of England's National League are suspended indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

www.bbc.co.uk

National Leagues look like they're next to go....

 

[big_mac4824]

This could end up being called the phony season! I think the solution is playing behind closed doors and playing every 48 hrs, first the prem, then the championship and then each league in order.

 

[big_mac4824]

Duckworth lewis method?

 

[Blaarev]

Belgium seem to be going for a creative solution. They’re ending the League as it is now, with Club Brugge as Champions and the CL qualifications according to how the table is now also. No relegations, while OHD Leuven and Beerschot are promoted.

Huidig seizoen Jupiler Pro League definitief stopgezet, Club Brugge kampioen: “Het land heeft nu andere prioriteiten ”

Het voetbalseizoen 2019-2020 zit er op. Dat heeft de raad van bestuur van de Pro League beslist. Daardoor is de huidige leider Club Brugge kampioen. Een werkgroep wordt opgericht om de Europese tickets te verdelen, om te beslissen over promotie en degradatie en volgend seizoen voor te bereiden...

m.nieuwsblad.be

 

[Blaarev]

Also on sky now

Coronavirus: Belgian league backs early end to season, Club Brugge would be awarded title

Club Brugge could be crowned Belgian champions early after the Jupiler Pro Leagues board of directors recommended the season should be ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic.

www.skysports.com

 

[Blue Maniac]

Belgium seem to be going for a creative solution. They’re ending the League as it is now, with Club Brugge as Champions and the CL qualifications according to how the table is now also. No relegations, while OHD Leuven and Beerschot are promoted.

Huidig seizoen Jupiler Pro League definitief stopgezet, Club Brugge kampioen: “Het land heeft nu andere prioriteiten ”

Het voetbalseizoen 2019-2020 zit er op. Dat heeft de raad van bestuur van de Pro League beslist. Daardoor is de huidige leider Club Brugge kampioen. Een werkgroep wordt opgericht om de Europese tickets te verdelen, om te beslissen over promotie en degradatie en volgend seizoen voor te bereiden...

m.nieuwsblad.be

Wow no convoluted playoff system, weird times indeed

 

[pork pie fox]

Europe's leagues told ending play 'last resort'

European football, currently at a standstill because of the coronavirus, is focusing on a restart in July and August.

www.espn.com

I don’t like some of the quotes in this article.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Europe's leagues told ending play 'last resort'

European football, currently at a standstill because of the coronavirus, is focusing on a restart in July and August.

www.espn.com

I don’t like some of the quotes in this article.

This bit?

It appeared to suggest that, where competitions did not end on the field, the clubs involved might not qualify for European competition next season.

"Since participation in UEFA club competitions is determined by the sporting result achieved at the end of a full domestic competition, a premature termination would cast doubts about the fulfillment of such condition," it said.

It added that UEFA reserves the right to "assess the entitlement of clubs" to take part in the Champions League and Europa League.

‘Assess the entitlement of clubs’ basically says ‘we’ll have who we bloody well want in our competition’.

 

[pork pie fox]

This bit?

It appeared to suggest that, where competitions did not end on the field, the clubs involved might not qualify for European competition next season.

"Since participation in UEFA club competitions is determined by the sporting result achieved at the end of a full domestic competition, a premature termination would cast doubts about the fulfillment of such condition," it said.

It added that UEFA reserves the right to "assess the entitlement of clubs" to take part in the Champions League and Europa League.

‘Assess the entitlement of clubs’ basically says ‘we’ll have who we bloody well want in our competition’.

Yep, that bit exactly.