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The Premier League is to set up a club advisory group with the possible aim of having some fans back into grounds by the autumn. The plan at present is to try and play out the remaining 92 games of this campaign behind closed doors. Any hope for fans returning after that is dependent on there not being a significant second wave of coronavirus and the transmission rate dropping. La Liga president Javier Tebas has suggested some fans – 10 to 15 per cent – may be allowed into games in Spain before the end of this season but this is highly unlikely to be permitted in this country. The hope is that stadia may just 10 per cent full initially when fans do return possibly rising to as much as quarter full by the end of the year if the situation allows. The Premier League took part in a meeting on Wednesday with sports minister Nigel Huddleston and Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer for England. Other sports, including cricket, rugby union and horse racing were also represented with the meeting setting out the basic conditions which need to be met for spectators to be allowed back into events. After the meeting the Premier League decided to establish and advisory group, made up from a small number of clubs, to discuss how football can get spectators back. The idea was put to the 20 clubs at Thursday’s shareholders meeting which voted through the final set of protocols for the Premier League to return on June 17. The final decision on the so-called ‘Stage Five’ of the return to sport protocols – the return of the fans – will rest with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The first step towards this would be the Government easing the restrictions on mass gatherings but there is no plan for this at present.
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