Coronavirus: Three-quarters of people would not see return of Premier League as a boost to their morale
Only nineteen per cent said they would be pleased to see football return
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Your support makes all the difference.Almost three-quarters of people would not see the return of football as a boost to their morale during the pandemic, according to a YouGov poll.
In a survey of over 2,000 people, 73 per cent said the Premier League and EFL coming back would not lift their spirits. Nineteen per cent said they would be pleased to see football return.
The Government’s Covid-19 recovery strategy document allows for the conditional return of top level sports behind closed doors from June 1, subject to sufficient progress being made in terms of the infection rate in the country dropping.
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters is hoping that his competition could be in a position to resume in the middle of June, although even the initial return-to-training protocols are yet to be approved by players and managers.
And England international Danny Rose on Monday declared that he “doesn’t give a f*** about the nation’s morale” as he described the restart plan as “b******s”.
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