Meet The Ghosts Of Christmas Future

English top-flight return will show what Scots can expect.

- Craig Swan

Scottish football is facing a step into the unknown.

But in exactly two weeks time at least we’ll get our first real idea of what life might be like.

Project Restart in England begins with Manchester City against Arsenal and Aston Villa facing Sheffield United.

Those two top-flight matches being played behind closed doors south of the border will be watched by everyone in this country.

Players, managers, directors and supporters will all be engrossed because this will be our new normal.

Half of us will be sitting gripped on the couch praying it’s magic and half of us will be hiding behind the sofa in fear that it’s a disaster.

Everyone accepts punters aren’t getting into stadiums for the first few weeks of the campaign, so the games at the Etihad and in Birmingham are our proper test cases.

Watching the Bundesliga has been a scary glimpse into the future.