The fixtures for the upcoming Scottish Premiership and Scottish Professional Football League season will be released on Monday 6th July, according to BBC Sport.
The national broadcaster has had it confirmed that the fixtures will be released to clubs with the current season scheduled to begin on the 1st of August.
The release of the fixtures will also come under added scrutiny after comments made by Neil Lennon concerning the first Old Firm game of the season.
Scheduled to take place at Celtic Park, should this be in early September it is unlikely there will be any fan presence in the stadium.
This led to the Celtic boss pleading with the SPFL and Scottish footballing executive to consider scheduling the first Old Firm game later down the line.
“Should the first Old Firm game be pushed back? I think that’s what everyone would want,” said Lennon [Scottish Sun].
“Everyone associated with the game would want that and the clubs would want that.
“I’m sure it would suit the TV companies as well.”
The news also comes after the comments from National clinical director Jason Leitch, who revealed there is “pretty much no chance” of crowds being allowed into stadiums by the time the season starts.
Speaking to the BBC, Leitch discussed the possibility of crowds returning this year and revealed that physically distanced crowds could return by the autumn or winter.
“I think we’re saying pretty much no chance of crowds in August,” said Professor Leitch.
“I am as keen as everybody to get back to those crowds, but we need to do it behind closed doors first for sure.
“I can’t imagine physically-distanced crowds in August or September. I might be wrong and with a fair wind we might get there.
“I think we might run some test events during that two-month period. It might be a big match but a small test event crowd.
“Then thinking about into the autumn and winter I would hope if things remain good then we might be able to get back to physically-distanced crowds.”
Could the first Old Firm game of the season be the test case discussed by Professor Jason Leitch in the BBC interview?
