Scotland’s Wembley clash could get crowd of 10,000 fans
The sporting summer in England could be played out in front of capacity crowds after the UK Government set out its road map for the easing of coronavirus restrictions.
But it looks like Scotland’s Euro 2020 group match against England at Wembley could be restricted to a 10,000 crowd.
The fourth and final step of the recovery plan aims for the lifting of all restrictions on sports and entertainment events from June 21 at the earliest, "using enhanced testing approaches and other measures" which are to be trialled at pilot events starting from April.
Scotland group game against England at Wembley is on Friday, June 18, but England's final group game against the Czech Republic on June 22, also at Wembley, could be played behind a full house.
The semi-finals and the final of Euro 2020 are due to be played at Wembley on July 6, 7 and 11, while Wimbledon gets under way on June 28.
Sports venues will be able to welcome spectators back on a limited basis at step three of the recovery plan, no earlier than May 17.
At that point, larger outdoor seated venues will be given a "special provision" to allow in up to 10,000 people. For smaller outdoor venues, or those without seating, this would be capped at 4000 people or 50 per cent of capacity, whichever is lower. For indoor venues, the cap will be 1,000 people or 50 per cent capacity, whichever is lower.
It means all but the final round of Premier League matches on May 23 will be played out behind closed doors as will the EFL regular season.