The English FA has confirmed that the Community Shield, which is usually the curtain-raiser for a new season will take place at Wembley on Saturday, the 29th of August 2020.
The traditional curtain-raiser for the new season will see Premier League champions, Liverpool, play either Arsenal or Chelsea, who meet in this Saturday’s FA Cup final.
It has been reported that the match could welcome a restricted number of supporters into Wembley as part of plans for supporters to make a socially-distanced return to sports venues more widely from 1 October.
The FA are in talks with the government to allow supporters to watch the game.
They want the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to give the green light to the Community Shield being the maiden test event involving football, which would allow a reduced capacity of around 15,000-20,000 to be present while observing social distancing guidelines.
The government have suggested they would be keen to open up sports events to fans from the start of October, but only after they are satisfied by the outcome of a series of test runs across a number of sports.
Cricket, racing, and snooker are the first of those, but football is the key one for the government to get right and the FA believe they have come up with the right proposals to ensure their Community Shield is the match chosen.
