Tuesday, January 19, 2021

LEAGUE IN WHICH BRIGG TOWN PLAY DECLARES CURRENT FOOTBALL SEASON 'NULL & VOID'


A league in which Brigg Town Football Club competes has declared the current 2020/21 season 'null & void' because of Coronavirus emergency lockdown which led to the suspension of fixtures some weeks ago.
The Balcan Lighting Supplies Lincolnshire League campaign has concluded in mid-January (several months early) with Brigg Town Reserves having played only 11 of their scheduled 32 matches.
Brigg's second teamers are third from bottom, with a record of one win, three draws and seven defeats.
A statement issued by the county competition announces that, following a special general meeting, "it has been decided the 2020/21 Lincolnshire League season will be declared as null & void."
However, it is hoped to arrange two leagues - North & South - with the winners meeting in the Challenge Cup final and the runners up in each section contesting the Supplementary Cup final.
That's assuming football at this level in the FA pyramid structure is permitted to resume in March/April.
However, the league adds, "it is most important that we get the Covid situation under control before any games are organised."
The statement concludes by saying that "no one has ever experience anything like this before."
Meanwhile, suspension of games continues in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League which involves Brigg Town's first team, and in the EC Surfacing Scunthorpe & District League involving Briggensians and Barnetby United's two Saturday sides.  

No further updates have been made recently by either competition so there's still hope of games resuming at some point.