Crystal Palace FC Chairman Steve Parish has shared his views on the Premier League's 'Project Restart' in an article published in the Sunday Times. The full article is below verbatim, with kind permission from the Sunday Times.

Why I’m backing the Premier League’s Project Restart

I write, of course, amid the greatest tragedy to unfold in my lifetime. When Crystal Palace last played football, squeezing past Watford 1-0 on March 7, it was impossible to predict how words like “pandemic” and “coronavirus” would become so familiar to us all, and the terrible loss and sadness so many families would experience, in so short a time.