To Accommodate World Cup 2022: Seven Week Break

Premiership Clubs have seen the proposed outlined calendar to accommodate the World Cup in Qatar 2022

It is proposed the next campaign would stop after the weekend of November 12 before fixtures resumed again on 26 December.

Clubs will have to release players from the 14th, Champions league group games will have to finish earlier (by equivalent of 2 games, compared to this seasons calendar).

It's going to be very congested and a lot of midweek matches, as season only proposed to start 1 week earlier and finish 1 week later as 7 rounds of Premier League matches would normally be played in the World Cup schedule.

Assume the Championship would be affected as well the same as the Premiership. Whether League 1 & 2 would carry on as normal, not sure. But would imagine if they continued, attendances would be down if World Cup matches clashed.

[www.bbc.co.uk]