SPFL board gets clubs’ backing for its preferred optionChange prompted by Nicola Sturgeon’s crowd restriction policyThe Scottish Professional
Football League has confirmed its top flight will halt after the
boxing Day matches, with a planned winter break brought forward by two rounds of fixtures. The change means the season’s second Old Firm game, scheduled for 2 January, is due to take place on the evening of 2 February.
SPFL clubs have been involved in talks after Nicola Sturgeon, the
Scotland first minister, announced only 500 spectators could attend matches from 26 December inclusive.