The UK government could ban over-70s from attending football matches as the situation surrounding the coronavirus continues to take hold across the UK.
According to Sky News, government bosses down south are meeting to discuss how football and other major sporting events deal with the outbreak.
Elderly people are considered most at risk with the coronavirus and this is a potential route being explored by the powers that be.
According to the Sky report, it is believed that bosses down south would rather matches were played behind closed doors rather than postpone the league season.
Scotland could be affected by any discussion going on down south and there is already much uncertainty over how the virus will impact the game here.
There’s already been pretty unrealistic talk of handing Celtic the title [Daily Record] early should matches be forced into postponement by the Chinese borne infection.
The SFA has also set up a special response group [SFA] concerning the virus which will keep the SPFL’s football clubs well aware of any possible routes taken in the coming weeks.
Football in Denmark was rocked by the virus this week [BBC] with 13 employees of Brondby quarantined and health bodies requesting any events with over 1000 people are immediately postponed.
Italy – the European nation worst affected by the crisis – has announced all sporting events will be played behind closed doors until April 1st.
The world of football is clearly not immune from the virus and fans are facing up to the very real possibility that matches could be affected in the coming weeks.
