Whether Brigg Town Football Club first team will return to action again in this Coronavirus emergency interrupted season is expected to become clearer following a meeting to be held later today (Friday, February 26).
The Zebras belong to the ToolStation Northern Counties East League and the competition's management board will be meeting tonight to discuss the remainder of the campaign and the best way forward.
The NCEL explains that the FA’s Alliance and Leagues Committees has reached a consensus that, subject to the approval of the FA Council, the 2020-21 league season for Steps 3-6 of the non-league system should be curtailed with immediate effect, with no further league matches taking place this season. The committees will now present their recommendations to The FA Council for ratification.
If, as many expect, the FA Council agrees to this, one option is for leagues at Brigg's level in the pyramid structure is to arrange a new set of fixtures between clubs if/when the government permits games to resume in the Spring.
With only a few weeks remaining before the campaign is due to finish in May, it is possible there may be an NCEL League Cup competition, or something similar, but "subject to crowds being allowed in."
Brigg Town FC posted on social media earlier this week, suggesting the 20/21 league season "is over" and posting a link to the NCEL and FA statement ahead of Friday's meeting.
For, unlike the 2019/2020 season that was declared null and void, it is now being recommended that results so far recorded in the 2020/21 campaign will remain on-the-record, with the table when the last league matches were played at the end of December becoming the final standings.
If so, this means Brigg Town finish sixth in Division One - having played 11 of their 38 scheduled league games.
Read the full text of the latest NCEL/FA update here...
Hopefully, the 2021/22 season will start promptly in late summer (the virus emergency having ended), with the Zebras likely to be competing in Division One again.
In a future post or posts, Brigg Blog will give updates about the Balcan Lighting Supplies Lincolnshire League (involving Brigg Town Reserves), the EC Surfacing Scunthorpe & District (Saturday) League (Barnetby United, Barnetby Reserves and Briggensians) and the Scunthorpe & District Sunday League.
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