Premier League Covid delays could lead to a DISASTER, says Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink amid fixture pile-up and fears players could hit a ‘brick wall’… but Dutchman insists hectic schedule makes English football special
Those fretting about fixture congestion can count their blessings they were not in Steve McClaren’s Middlesbrough team that reached a UEFA Cup final. Boro played 64 games in that 2005-06 season, while also reaching the FA Cup semi-final and Carling Cup quarter-final — taking in plenty of replays along the way. During one crazy phase…