Prediction Time - when will Hibs play their next competitive game of football?

[Phil MaGlass]

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Next year for me,it's going to take a long while for all this to recover i think.

I went for October for closed door matches,but, I think you may be right. January 1st?
Hopefully the virus doesnae pop up again.

[theonlywayisup]

@ScottishFA confirm all football in Scotland to be suspended until at least June 10 - SFA also say 6 weeks of training required needed prior to any competitive matches being played.

So that would be 18th July as an earliest start.

[Greenworld]

August 10th

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[ancient hibee]

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August 10th

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this year?

[theonlywayisup]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52355228

Scottish football should not expect to hold matches in front of fans "any time soon", says Nicola Sturgeon.

She also states if a match is still on TV, the danger is people will congregate together to watch, so even behind closed doors may not happen.

[Sir David Gray]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52355228

Scottish football should not expect to hold matches in front of fans "any time soon", says Nicola Sturgeon.

She also states if a match is still on TV, the danger is people will congregate together to watch, so even behind closed doors may not happen.

I know what she's getting at but what happens if/when other popular sports start being televised again? Even staying with football, what happens if the Premier League in England starts back behind closed doors and there's a match involving Liverpool for them to win the league. People in Scotland will still want to watch that so the same risks apply.

Obviously England may have the same concerns as us and they may not want to play any football at all until it's safe for fans but then you also have other sports getting played abroad.

I think we can forget fans in stadiums for a very long time after today's announcement but I'm not entirely convinced that a ban on matches being televised behind closed doors would be too effective.

[Scouse Hibee]

August 2021

[Casey1875]

I think that once people are back at work all social distancing will be out the window and people will socialise regardless of advice purely on the basis that they could be going to and from work on a train with 200 people to sit in an office with another 200 people. As has been said if any big leagues go back, people will gather to watch it, mainly because they are bored without it.

[mjhibby]

From what various folk from youth to senior level have intimated september is my guess though i think im being optimistic. If no sign of playing by mid july then never mind reconstruction we might have to curtail next season.

[Since90+2]

Around late August / early September.

[CockneyRebel]

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August 2021

Reluctantly, I have to agree. I fear this season and the 2020/2021 season to be lost. A vaccine well into next year and then testing/testing/testing and gradual relaxation of social distancing and returning to full time work will easily take us to the summer of 2021. Pessimistic - yes. Realistic - I think so. Never mind the politicians and the football associations, regardless of good intentions, it is the predictions/advice from the medical professionals that should and must prevail.

I hope with all my heart that this toxic cloud blows away faster than a Hearts budget but, fellow supporters, it's not an easy fix.

[Since90+2]

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Reluctantly, I have to agree. I fear this season and the 2020/2021 season to be lost. A vaccine well into next year and then testing/testing/testing and gradual relaxation of social distancing and returning to full time work will easily take us to the summer of 2021. Pessimistic - yes. Realistic - I think so. Never mind the politicians and the football associations, regardless of good intentions, it is the predictions/advice from the medical professionals that should and must prevail.

I hope with all my heart that this toxic cloud blows away faster than a Hearts budget but, fellow supporters, it's not an easy fix.

If football isn't played until then the Scottish League as we know won't exist. Every single club , with the possible exception of Celtic , including Hibs is at risk of ceasing to trade if your prediction comes true.

[CockneyRebel]

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If football isn't played until then the Scottish League as we know won't exist. Every single club , with the possible exception of Celtic , including Hibs is at risk of ceasing to trade if your prediction comes true.

The future of every business, and eventually every country, around the globe is at risk. I hope I am massively wrong but the possible global economic impact is frightening.

[theonlywayisup]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52493649

There are fears fans will not be able to attend English Football League games until January 2021, according to a leaked recording heard by the BBC.

The leaked recording also suggested that three teams would be promoted from each EFL division but with no relegations, leading to a 23-team Premier League for 2020-21 and then extra relegation spots in future seasons throughout the pyramid to balance the numbers back out. Can't see many happy with that.

[Eyrie]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52493649

There are fears fans will not be able to attend English Football League games until January 2021, according to a leaked recording heard by the BBC.

The leaked recording also suggested that three teams would be promoted from each EFL division but with no relegations, leading to a 23-team Premier League for 2020-21 and then extra relegation spots in future seasons throughout the pyramid to balance the numbers back out. Can't see many happy with that.

Can't see that working. They'd need 46 game days once you include the bye and it's going to be difficult enough to fit in a normal season if there is any delay to it starting.

[Paul1642]

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Can't see that working. They'd need 46 game days once you include the bye and it's going to be difficult enough to fit in a normal season if there is any delay to it starting.

Agreed. Also the teams who get relegated despite coming above 5 teams might not be to pleased about it, especially if it’s a team like wolves or Sheffield Wednesday who go down and a team like Norwich who have been saved then survive the drop that year.

[scooby]

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The future of every business, and eventually every country, around the globe is at risk. I hope I am massively wrong but the possible global economic impact is frightening.

In 2010, the Rockefeller Foundation produced a paper titled "Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development," which sought to predict the course of the world over the next 20 years. The document is still available to download online. Their scenario is playing out nicely and with frightening accuracy, which suggests that this is a manufactured crisis. It details the lockdown, government responses and the next stage. We all need to wake up if the next stage is to be avoided.

[mjhibby]

October is my best guess. League cup knockout and season shortened ironically finishing after three rounds of games. Once we get past September something will have to give.