GaryH wrote:

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North/South both start on 14th August.

So we start later than usual? Seems weird considering clubs have not played for months and I would have thought the league would want to get a couple of weeks in the bag, not just in case of covid hotspots but finishing the league earlier would help towards the World Cup in 2022. I was hoping the league would start 2021 earlier, start 2022 earlier and allowing a break or plan limited fixtures around the world cup. Even without that why waste good weather and continue with a fixture pile up that happens most seasons?

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 That would be sensible but we are talking about the National League which only seems to be interested in its premier division. I just hope the country does not go into lockdown in the Autumn.