SPFL as fears grow that fixture congestion caused by the ongoing coronavirus lockdown measures may mean the competition cannot be played to completion as scheduled, with this year’s final set for Hampden on May 8.
It’s expected that a final decision will be announced next week with a number of radical options currently being examined, including a ‘worst case scenario’ which would see this season’s competition being effectively abandoned for the time being and then re-started after the summer.The entire third round fixture list had to be scrapped at the weekend as 12 second round ties have still to be played.That pileup has left 44 teams still in the running for 32 remaining third round places.But with all football below the top two.
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