Football fans could attend matches in October under Boris Johnson's plan to lift lockdown

Football fans could be back in stadiums by October under Boris Johnson's six-month plan to get the United Kingdom out of lockdown.

Mirror Online understands that a 50-page, five-point plan has been drawn up by the Prime Minister in order to try and get the country back to normal once the coronavirus crisis has eased.

Getting fans back into stadiums is part of the fifth point of this plan, alongside the re-opening of gyms, and will be put forward by the prime minister as he sets out a "roadmap" of his plans on Sunday.

The plan - which Johnson hopes to start putting into immediate action on Monday, when unlimited exercise is set to be allowed - is still a provisional one, and would be subject to the country staving off a second wave of coronavirus or a season flu outbreak in the autumn.


The last Premier League match to be played was Leicester's 4-0 win over Aston Villa on March 9, with the global pandemic forcing the sport to be suspended worldwide.

The Premier League is hoping to return next month in order to finish the 2019/20 season behind closed doors, although there is some opposition to their plan to play matches in neutral stadiums, thereby removing home advantage.

A vote among the league's stakeholders is scheduled to take place on Monday after Johnson's announcement, although that could be delayed to later in the week in order to include the opinions of managers and captains.

Should the league be successful in their plan to restart, then the current season should be finished by the end of July. 

That would open up the possibility of starting the new campaign in empty stadiums before fans are allowed to attend in October, or even waiting until October to play the entire season in front of crowds.