Whenever we come out of this and Football starts up again it may well be a different world.

With the experts talking of a return to the depression days of 1930  will people be able to afford to watch football live.   Could be a reset button where £17 Non League admission and part time players on 4 figure weekly wages will be a thing of the past.    Lots of things for people to consider as we move forward.

Indeed, and lots of things to look forward to.   

Last night Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirmed the UK lock down will go on until at least May 7, and acknowledged it was going to be 'rough going'.

But he said it would be 'irresponsible' to set a timetable for lifting the lock down when the virus was still killing hundreds each day.


Ministers are in frantic talks on when and how to ease restrictions costing an estimated £2 billion a day. As well as a rise in testing and tracing it will mean measures to reduce infection in day-to-day life.

A Cabinet source told the Mail ministers accepted social distancing would have to continue for many months to prevent a deadly second wave.

'We are starting to see other countries like Germany ease their lockdowns and I don't think we will want to be too far behind, given the impact on the economy,' the source said.

'But everyone accepts – including industry – that the next phase is not going to be a return to business as usual. We will need intensive testing and tracing of suspected cases.

'And we will have to have social distancing in factories and offices – we will need personal protective equipment in the workplace. Otherwise we are going to be back in this situation again.'


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What the experts say regarding the wearing of masks :

Professor Trisha Greenhalgh


'If 100 per cent of population wears them, reduction in the amount of virus in air is substantial.'


Professor Babak Javid
Tsinghua University School of Medicine

'There's likely to be an upside to wearing them and practically no downside.'


Dr David Nabarro
WHO coronavirus special convoy

'We are saying get societies defended. Yes, we will have to wear masks.'


Professor Ian Jones
Virology, University of Reading

'Masks have value, otherwise healthcare workers wouldn't wear them.'


Dr Simon Clarke
Microbiology, Reading University

 'Advising their use could be a way of reassuring people back to work.'

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Coronavirus: Significant social distancing needed 'until vaccine found'

Reading this headline on the BBC website, season 20/21 could well be in doubt.   

Epidemiologist Professor Neil Ferguson, whose modelling of Covid-19 has formed Downing Street’s strategy, was asked about easing the measures. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: "I think the other thing I would say is that it really requires a single-minded emphasis in government and the health system on scaling up testing and putting in place the ability to track down cases in the community and contact-trace. Without that, our estimates show we have relatively little leeway. If we relax measures too much then we'll see a resurgence of transmission.

What we really need is the ability to put something in their place. If we want to re-open schools, let people get back to work, then we need to keep transmission down in another manner.

And I should say, it's not going to be going back to normal. We will have to maintain some level of social distancing – a significant level of social distancing – probably indefinitely until we have a vaccine available".


From what I have been reading, a Vaccine is 12 to 24 months away.   

Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on April 16, 2020, 12:02:33 PM

I will be really surprised if they go with the PPG model.   

What alternatives do you see B and G for determining promotion and relegation if null and void isn't used ?

Hi Kes

None really, as I think it will be null and void, as disappointing that may be for us and York.

Mac do you think Charlie Methven ( Sunderland till I die, series 2) and our Stephen are related ? 

Where's Charlie these days?   

Quote from: TonyM on April 09, 2020, 01:59:59 PM

Good news in the press today with the FotL making a £5K donation to the club

https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/kings-lynn-town/linnets-receive-donation-1-6600704

This is exactly what the FotL is for, maybe if they were more visibly promoted and/or more fans supported them then they could make many more meaningful contributions going forward.  Only negative in the press release was a completely unnecessary sentence about the Trust which shows a complete ignorance of the differences between the FotL and the B&G Trust and is hardly likely to help relations if and when football does come out of this lockdown.

How to sour a piece of good news with yet another dig at the trust! Money was offered by the trust in line with trust rules and regulations as set down in the constitution,it was the club that declined the money! The FOTL have no such constitution so therefore their funds can be spent anyway the club sees fit,but to call it a supporters club it stretching things a bit,it does very little for the good of the supporters,it is primarily a fund raising body for the club!

Griss, if FOTL have now changed their name and status to that of a Supporters Club, I hope the Officials that run it know their legal responsibilities and the personal liabilities involved with doing so. If not, they could be leaving themselves wide open to problems.   

Same source as yours , seems personal



https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/06/pfa-chief-executive-gordon-taylor-says-he-will-not-take-wage-cut

That's not how I read it.

"Asked if he would take a pay cut, Taylor said: “The PFA will make donations and the PFA is involved in the players’ charity. At the moment the PFA position is that we will continue to be paying all our staff of over 60 in full.”