Leeds United - v - Everton ***Matchday Thread***

[klix]

Thing is Klix, restarting when fans can get back into grounds is a bit of a moveable feast. The restart without fans for the PL teams isn't such a hard thing to bear, there was an article in the middle of last season (i.e before Covid) that showed PL clubs would all make profits without opening the turnstiles. Not so for the lower divisions, where clubs can't make ends meet, never mind make a profit, from the much reduced TV revenue. At least if they are allowed to play, there is some money coming in, (sponsorship, small amounts of TV money etc), closing down until some indeterminate date when fans are able to attend would just kill off most of the clubs in Div 1 & 2 (and some on the Championship).

Yes WTF it has proved a nightmare for the lower clubs...
Some I've read about would have been happy to not play and get the staff and players on furlough.
The prem let's be honest have just been the greedy environment it is.

[WTF11]

Yes WTF it has proved a nightmare for the lower clubs...
Some I've read about would have been happy to not play and get the staff and players on furlough.
The prem let's be honest have just been the greedy environment it is.

Damned right, and yet everyone wants to be there, us included!