Re: 20/21 Season

By John Blair24/12/2020 20:53Thu Dec 24 20:53:43 2020In response to 20/21 Season

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I don't think that abandoning the season would be the right thing to do unless we stay in Tier 4 for several months.
I would say that there are 2 options which could be considered if the season were to start at the end of January/beginning of February:-
A) Split the leagues into 2 halves ( in our case 2 leagues of 10). Play each of the other 9 teams home and away with the team finishing top gaining automatic promotion.
This would give 1 team from each half promotion without there being any play-offs.
This would give a mini season of 18 competitive games.

B) Leave the leagues in the current format (in our case 20 teams). Play each team once (either Home or Away).
Automatic promotion for the top team + play-offs as per normal with play-off winner gaining promotion.
This would give a mini season of 19 competitive games + possibly 2 play-off games.

Both of the above scenarios could see a competitive half season completed in 3 months (13 Saturdays + 5(or 6) midweek games.
The half season could be completed between the end of January/beginning of February and the beginning of May.+ possible play-offs.

Heres hoping that Tier 4 (lockdown) does'nt last longer than needed and that the country starts to go back to what was once considered normal and that this horrible pandemic is brought under control once and for all.

Edited by John Blair at 20:58:13 on 24th December 2020