Mid West football 2020: Season still alive for two leagues

The prospect of football is still alive in in the Mid West, with at least two leagues still a chance to go ahead, but one of them is highly unlikely to kick off. In Geraldton, Great Northern Football League president Colin Cox said a meeting scheduled for July 3 would assess whether the league would be able to meet health requirements to start on the weekend of July 26. “If we can, we’ll go ahead,” he said. North Midlands Football League president Gary Parker said the league had a meeting planned for next Monday and was hoping for an announcement from country football authorities that play could go ahead. “We’re hanging on by the skin of our teeth just to see if there is an announcement,” he said. Three Springs Bombers coach Vance Davison said the club was still training. GNFL presidents made the decision to commit to the July 3 date at an extraordinary meeting last week. “Clubs just needed a date to tell their players, because it was all up in the air,” Cox said. “Now they’ve got a date, they can work towards that. “If we can meet all the requirements, which we don’t know until that date, then we’ll have a season.” He said if the start went according to plan, the league would still end at the normal time in September. Parker said if senior footy did not go ahead, the league might focus on younger players. “(We might) put a bit of emphasis into junior sports and try to deliver something for them,” he said. All country football leagues have said being able to have crowds at games is a requirement. The Central Midlands Coastal Football League has cancelled its season.