The Premier League Sets A Mid June Return Date After Play Was Suspended Two And A Half Months Ago

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BBC – The Premier League season is set to restart on 17 June with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal, the BBC has learned.

There are 92 matches still to play, and the first to take place will be those the four teams involved have in hand.

Clubs discussed the resumption plan – which is subject to government approval – at a meeting on Thursday and it is understood all agreed in principle.

Home and away matches look most likely for the vast majority of games, BBC Sport understands – with a few high-profile games at neutral venues at the request of the police. A number of clubs have expressed their opposition to the concept of using neutral grounds, including Brighton, West Ham and Crystal Palace.

Another week and another high sport seems ready to resume play with news that the English Premier League will return June 17. The league seemingly still has some kinks to work out but, while many of the major American leagues have erred on the side of overpreparation and hammering out every single detail before agreeing to resume play, the EPL has opted to focus on returning to action and figuring it out as they go. It’s not like they’ll have much competition to book the stadiums or to get their fans ready to watch the games.

Liverpool fans in particular are likely stoked to resume play with their boys in first place by a decent margin before the shutdown. And they just so happen to have the best team song out of everybody in the EPL that we likely won’t get to hear in its natural form due to the lack of fans in arenas:

Maybe the sex dolls that showed up for Korean baseball can gain sentience and learn to cover this one after shipping themselves via Amazon Prime.

And in response to yet another league able to hammer out a way to return to play while they snipe at each other, MLB players and owners have presumably decided for their next stage in negotiation to give each other wedgies while they try to have sex with each other’s wives. A logical step in negotiations to further cement their interest in not playing a single game this season.

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