A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

Shutdown? Let’s look at alternative routes

SAM Allardyce is 66, with a history of heart trouble. He’s also got a dog’s dinner of a West Brom team that could do with a fortnight out of the firing line.
His enthusiasm for a brief cessation of hostilities to combat the rise in Covid-19 cases - a socalled circuit break - is understandable.
Steve Evans, the Gillingham manager, expressed similar sentiments. The 58-year-old has already spoken of his vulnerability to the disease and this week called on the EFL to suspend the seas...