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  1. Polo-Bantam

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    It will spread much quicker amongst the players on the pitch with all the spitting that goes on , won’t need to tell people not to run on the pitch anymore
     
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  2. SimonW

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    The problem with that is the amount of people needed for a Football match isn't insignficant especially as the talk is that they would need to make all matches available for broadcast. That's a lot of people potentially who could be carrying it who could infect others. And if teams start having mass cases in their squads there is no way they can be made to or allowed to play matches even behind closed doors
     
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    I think that as soon as a single player gets it in a team they will all be isolated for two weeks which would stop all their games.
     
  4. Storck

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    would that allow Bury back in?
     
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    And stop Liverpool winning the PL, avoid WHU relegation & stop Leeds promotion
     
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    EFL Statement: Coronavirus update
     
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  9. Storck

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    you are more likely to catch it, die from it etc. If you are more likely to have it there is a higher chance of you also passing it on before you know you have it
     
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  11. Storck

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    for those with decent season ticket systems it would be easy as they will have the date of birth, so just lock those tickets
     
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    Italian League on the verge of being ‘put on hold’. “Parma's Serie A tie against SPAL kicked off 75 minutes late after Italy's sports minister requested the league was suspended with immediate effect because of the coronavirus outbreak”.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51792167

    Even if supporters are not getting to games, then all it needs is for a single player, the management team, and/or a member of their family to contract the virus, for the whole team to be put in lockdown. Not sure if they can separate the management team, from the commercial side of the club, and as such an increased risk of contagion.
     
  13. Bigrod

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    Absolutely agree.
     
  14. Storck

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    If we follow Italy’s lead then you will be lucky. They have shut their schools for 4 weeks, so the last two will be during your holidays. I know you don’t want the kids to miss too much school. :cool:

    if you are unlucky it will start after your holidays
     
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    can you prerecord your bit
     
  16. Bigrod

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    France, Italy and Greece have now decided games will be played behind closed doors. The whole of Italy is on ‘lock down’. The future is not looking that good for this season!
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51805836
     
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    If the season is curtailed and never completed do we all just start again where we were at start of the season? If so do bans, goals, appearances etc get wiped from the record?

    And do Bury come back? If the season is cancelled they technically didn’t miss any games
     
  18. Bigrod

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    The nearest I can get to an answer is the 1939/40 season which was cancelled after 3 games. Apparently the record stands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939–40_Football_League#Third_Division_North

    Here it is for the Third Division North, which City was in at that juncture.

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    Not sure about that.The game shuts down for nearly three months every closed season,but the fans still come back.
     
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