How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?

[David_Nab]

Scottish lower leagues have ended

[Dave P]

They have declared champions as well havent they? Have they been allowed to be promoted? Are they doing relegation?

[Meanwood Villa]

Partick relegated despite having a game in hand over the team above them.

[Brassneck]

Interestingly, it could be the case that the Scottish Premier League don't relegate anyone:

The SPFL will launch a task force to consider the possibility of expanding the Premiership for the 2020/21 season.

[Des Little]

I honestly cannot envisage fans being allowed into stadiums until such time that a vaccine is available. Surely to God the risks of letting people assemble in such numbers before such a time (particularly seeing as the possibility re-infection has’t yet been ruled out) is asking for a huge rise in cases?

[walsall villain]

I honestly cannot envisage fans being allowed into stadiums until such time that a vaccine is available. Surely to God the risks of letting people assemble in such numbers before such a time (particularly seeing as the possibility re-infection has’t yet been ruled out) is asking for a huge rise in cases?

I think you are right. I really can’t get any enthusiasm for football without any supporters in the ground but it might be a reality for a while.

[BoVillan esq]

I honestly cannot envisage fans being allowed into stadiums until such time that a vaccine is available. Surely to God the risks of letting people assemble in such numbers before such a time (particularly seeing as the possibility re-infection has’t yet been ruled out) is asking for a huge rise in cases?

Exactly this, the thing that was never mentioned just a few weeks ago is now being widely considered as being a real possibility, that is, a ''Second Wave', we need that vaccine, the problem for us, the general public, is that economics and the fear of a global turn down of unbelievable proportions, could push governments into making rash decisions, no longer do we consider the human cost, the lockdown ends and we go for 'Herd Immunity' it spreads like wildfire, I could imagine we don't see a proper football season again until August 2021, 

[OCD]

A second wave was probably already accepted behind close doors. The change in policy was to relieve stress on the NHS by flattening the curve. The next phase then would be to allow resources to recover before there's then another increase in cases. Looking back at the Spanish flu, there were 3 waves but only 1 main one.

Even if mass gatherings were allowed again before the end of the year, how many people would actually go. Not the same number as there would be in normal circumstances.

[Des Little]

I really doubt I’d go until such a vaccine was available. My anxiety would be off the scale, and that’s nothing to do with the result!

[dave.woodhall]

Partick relegated despite having a game in hand over the team above them.

After Dundee changed their vote.

[andyh]

Football restarting, in any guise, will not be footballs decision.

[sid1964]

I think that they will postpone the season - and relegate the bottom 2 teams out of the premier league (not sure how our game in hand will affect this, although if we had of played Sheffield United, when we were supposed to, the best result I believe we would have got would have been a draw) and then promote the top 2 from the Championship

In the leagues below - top team promoted, bottom team relegated

In Scotland, i think that 1 of the teams relegated had games in hand on the teams above them, and they still went down!

I think that a fair few EFL teams will go into administration, and I would not be surprised to see a couple from the Premier League do the same

There are going to be major changes in football and maybe this is a chance for the clubs to pay players a lot less in the future.

[mr underhill]

We'd sue in that scenario and quite rightly - you can't predict how the Sheffield result would go and it would be hugely unfair to relegate a  side that had played less games.

[frank black]

Judging from predictions of social distancing of some type until a vaccine is established, the conclusion must be football as well know it may be f@@@ed, until season 21/22 anyway.

[OzVilla]

I highly doubt they’ll relegate anyone from the PL if the season cannot continue but it also just pisses me of even more to think how insipid performances at Southampton, Bournemouth and Leicester have put us even in that discussion. What a time to offer up shite like we did.