Fourth Premiership club calls in SPFL to bring forward winter break
St Johnstone are the latest Premiership club to go on the record calling on the SPFL to bring forward the winter break.
At 10.45 am on Wednesday morning no club has gone on the record asking for the three rounds of fixtures to be played with crowds limited to just 500 fans.
St Johnstone have a rearranged match at home to Ross County tonight with Sunday’s match at home to Celtic their first to be affected by crowd restrictions.
Yesterday Celtic, Motherwell and Hibs went on record asking the SPFL to bring forward the winter break which sees no Premiership matches being played between January 3 and 26.
St Johnstone has requested that the SPFL bring forward the scheduled winter break and reschedule the affected fixtures.
Due to the government announcement yesterday, we believe this is the best solution for our football club and our supporters??
— St. Johnstone FC (@StJohnstone) December 22, 2021
Hibernian FC has requested that the SPFL bring forward the scheduled winter break and reschedule the affected fixtures.https://t.co/wIV07wcvVq
— Hibernian Football Club (@HibernianFC) December 21, 2021
the winter break now, and rearrange these matches when all fans have a chance to attend at a later date when hopefully restrictions are eased. That way we increase the likelihood (from zero, currently) that fans can watch the gives live, all matches are played under the same
— Alan Burrows (@Alan_Burrows) December 21, 2021
#CelticFC statement in light of today’s announcement regarding supporters attending matches.
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) December 21, 2021
The Scottish Government restrictions are for three weeks with a further decision to be made dependant on data.
Celtic have two home games scheduled before the winter break but it seems likely that a vote will take place today that will result in new dates being sought for those matches with the January 2 Glasgow derby to be shown live on Sky Sports.