The international break presented the opportunity for the respective hierarchies at Manchester United and Liverpool to present themselves as saviours of the domestic game. Project Big Picture was announced, with top 6 Premier League clubs justifiably, given the supportive response, sensing that the EFL are so desperate for financial help they are willing to back what amounts to little more than a power grab.

 

On the weekend where the problem with the EFL’s failure to devise a plan to ease the financial burden on EFL clubs ready for introduction of mandatory testing below Premier League level was laid bare at Oxford where 2 positive COVID tests within the Crewe Alexandra team saw their game postponed at the Kassam half an hour before kick-off, it was another round of games without fans in attendance. With the cultural, financial and social damage being caused to EFL clubs, cornerstones of communities around the country, plain to see, all we can really do is urge you to sign this petition….