Cormack: Finishing season unlikely
ABERDEEN chairman Dave Cormack accepts the Ladbrokes Premiership season looks finished. But the United States-based businessman is heartened by the unified approach among top-flight clubs into working with the Scottish Government to get football back up and running.
The Scottish football authorities’ joint response group last week kicked off six committees designed to work with the Scottish Government in a bid to get into a position to restart football.
The Scottish Football Association and SPFL will hold talks with sports minister Joe Fitzpatrick today along with other governing bodies.
Cormack told Red TV: “The key priority isn’t necessarily if we finish 19/20, which is looking more unlikely as the days go by, but is really how do we get back to playing football safely and as quickly as we can?
“And if it’s going to be behind closed doors, what does that look like? That’s where the different groups are focused right now. We had a call with 13 clubs, the 12 existing clubs in the Premiership plus Dundee United, and the message was absolutely clear from every club: let’s focus on what we need to do to get a plan together to work cohesively with the Scottish Government in order to get this plan in place.
“Obviously things are moving in England and Germany and elsewhere.
“We all think it’s important that this Joint Response Group gets moving and there is a meeting with the Scottish Government on this.”