It could be 2021 before Dumbarton are back in action, with plans mooted to mothball the start of the new season in League One and Two.SFA chief Ian Maxwell said last week that the governing body is planning for the game to return in August — albeit behind closed doors as it has done in Germany with the Bundesliga.However with lower - league clubs reliant on gate money, and the cost of testing all those in a matchday squad estimated to be around £4500 every week, part-time clubs would face an impossible financial challenge to overcome.That has led to talks of a shortened 18-game season — starting in January — for leagues outwith the Premiership and Championship, with second-tier sides including Queen of the South arguing that they wouldn’t
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