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Scottish Premiership postpone matchdays due to COVID-19!

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has today announced that the December 29 and January 2/3 Premiership fixture rounds have been postponed to January 17/18 and February 1/2 respectively.

The Boxing Day Premiership fixtures will go ahead as planned, including St Johnstone v Celtic, which is being broadcast live on Sky Sports.

Championship, League 1 and League 2 clubs were consulted as to whether they wished to postpone fixtures in their divisions, but they did not wish to do so.

Neil Doncaster, SPFL Chief Executive, said, “We have had intense and positive discussions with all SPFL clubs over the past 24 hours, since the announcement by the Scottish Government of a three-week period of restrictions on fans attending matches. We have advised our clubs that any postponements increase the risk of further disruption to an already highly congested fixture calendar.”

“There are mixed views amongst Premiership clubs about what to do for the best. However, a majority favour the postponement of fixtures to give a chance for games scheduled to be played over the festive period to be played in front of fans, once the three-week period of restrictions comes to an end. The SPFL Board has agreed to postpone the 29 December and New Year Premiership fixture cards.”

“Championship, League 1 and League 2 clubs voted to continue playing through the Government restrictions and we look forward to their festive fixtures over the next fortnight.”

“We would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Sky Sports and Police Scotland for their flexibility in accommodating these changes and to all SPFL clubs for their clear, positive and constructive feedback as we work together to get through the challenges posed by Covid-19.”

The Premiership fixtures scheduled for December 29 will move as follows:

Monday, January 17
Celtic v Hibernian (7.45pm)

Tuesday, January 18
Aberdeen v Rangers (Sky Sports, 7.45pm)
Dundee United v St Mirren (7.45pm)
Heart of Midlothian v St Johnstone (7.45pm)
Livingston v Dundee (7.45pm)
Ross County v Motherwell (7.45pm)

The Premiership fixtures scheduled for January 2/3 will move as follows:

Tuesday, February 1
Dundee v Dundee United (7.45pm)
Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian (Sky Sports, 7.45pm)
Livingston v St Johnstone (7.45pm)
Ross County v Aberdeen (7.45pm)
St Mirren v Motherwell (7.45pm)

Wednesday, February 2
Celtic v Rangers (Sky Sports, 7.45pm)

Note

The Celtic v Hibernian match has been scheduled for Monday, January 17 due to the Hibernian v Cove Rangers Scottish Cup tie on Thursday, January 20.

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