No Integrity In Football Without Crowd, EFL Chairman Kicks

EFL chairman Rick Parry has warned that the integrity in the game of football should be the first priority, not the financial gains.

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He said the 2020/21 English Football League season will not make any economic and leisure impact if it displayed indoors, adding that until the crowd is allowed back into matches before the fruits of a football game could yield.

“I think we have to think long and hard about how we go about starting next season, or indeed whether we start next season without crowds.”

“At the EFL, aggregate attendances of 18 million, we’re a spectator sport, we’re not an international event in the way the Premier League is. Without spectators, the clubs are hurting. We are looking at ways of streaming our product via iFollow which is a hugely successful EFL streaming platform, so we would be able to recoup some money that way, but it wouldn’t make up for the whole shortfall.”

Parry said the EFL’s preference was to complete the season on a home-and-away basis, but that his organization would act on Government guidance if neutral venues were the safest option.