Premier League/Covid-19: £5.5m to 1,090 amateur clubs to prepare for safe return of fans to stadiums

The Premier League has paid £5.5m (€6.09m on 08/10/2020) to 1,090 British amateur clubs via the "Matchday Support Fund", a solidarity fund aimed at financing works to ensure that fans can safely return to stadiums despite the Covid-19 pandemic, announced the English League on 02/10/2020.

Launched in September 2020, the "Matchday Support Fund" is intended for clubs in the National League System (English fifth to tenth divisions), Welsh first division and women's first to fifth divisions. It enables each eligible club to apply for a grant to improve the quality of its infrastructure.

"It is great to see so many clubs have benefited from the Matchday Support Fund, enabling them to make vital preparations at the start of the 2020-21 season. I am glad we have been able to build on our ongoing support for the wider football pyramid by helping men's and women's teams throughout the country get their stadiums ready for matches," said Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League.

• The "Matchday Support Fund" is part of the "Pitch and Club Preparation Funds", a fund set up by the…