England's Premier League and 72-team Football League closed down on Saturda...
HALIFAX/DARTFORD, England - England’s Premier League and 72-team Football League closed down on Saturday due to concerns over the coronavirus but clubs in the fifth tier and below defiantly took to the field — to the delight of football addicts across the country.
A crowd of 2,154 turned out in West Yorkshire to see Halifax Town lose 1-0 at home to Ebbsfleet United and, while that attendance was not much bigger than expected, there were several supporters of Premier and Football League clubs who had travelled to get their fix. “I was at Bradford Park Avenue earlier for the 3pm kick-off in the National League North and then came to this one,” he said.Wigan Athletic supporter Nathan Sinclair, who had planned to see his club play at nearby Huddersfield in the second-tier Championship, said he simply wanted to watch some football while he could.
“I’ve read the government advice so I have tried to put myself with empty seats around me and I moved once,” he said.At one of the few matches to take place in London, Dulwich Hamlet took on Hemel Hempstead in the sixth-tier National League South. Regulars said there might have been a few outside fans in attendance too but the crowd was about average.
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