JoMU also were granted a guaranteed 20 penalties because they got most penalties last season and the FA have agreed that any appeal for a penalty will be granted up to twenty appeals, this does not include any penalties awarded by the referee where JoMU do not appeal or in any game where they are leading by two goals.Liverpool successfully petition to have their points advantage from last season to be carried over to the 2020/21 campaign giving them a +18 point headstart when the new season commences.
A spokesperson for the Premier League explained this decision stating -
"We felt that this has been such an unprecedented situation that it was appropriate to be open to new ideas. Liverpool,™failed suggested that given the pressure of the congested fixture list because of the pandemic, this might allow the title to be decided earlier than usual and so permit the cancelling of later matches.
"We thought that such innovative thinking ought to be adopted as part of our desire to maintain the balance of the league. After all it took them 30 years to win the competition we didn't want it to be that long again - they deserve support in catching up with other teams"
First up - no replays in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup semi finals to be single legs....
FA Cup replays scrapped for 2020-21 season and Carabao Cup semi-finals reduced to one leg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53765807
The Media have all agreed not to show any replays of penalties awarded or any decision to have the penalties retaken due to perceived irregularities should the JoMU taker not score leading to the retake.
*I think we may have strayed off track a bit.....
Personally I'd have had the no replays rule come in after the 5/6th round as many lower league clubs will find replay revenue useful to their survival.
There has to be some radical rethinking about how to sustain the league given the extraordinary circumstancesI wonder if this will see lower league clubs give up home advantage if drawn against Premier League sides?
Alternatively, if drawn away, change the share of gate receipts ratio to, say, 25%-75% in favour of the lower ranked club?
I don't think so, but it does give us extra time to get Sergio fit and more time for the new guys to get used to the teamCan't we just play Villa at home on the opening day? Do we need the extra time off?
Tough start this.