‘I can’t understand why our season hasn’t been null and voided already’ – Horndean boss Birmingham

And the Deans boss cannot understand why the FA has not already scrapped the current campaign.

Clubs from steps three to six of the pyramid have until Friday to return an FA survey on how they think the 2020/21 season should be concluded.

A number of solutions including null and void, restarting the current campaign in August and playing a percentage of remaining fixtures then using a points per game system have been suggested.

A Project Non League plan has also been launched on social media, asking the FA to promote clubs at steps 3-6 based on a PPG ratio from combining results in 2019/20 and 2020/21. It has already won the support of ex-Premier League stars Ian Wright and Chris Sutton.

But Birmingham is not budging on how he feels the season should be concluded.

Even with his Horndean side sitting third in the Wessex League Premier table, he insisted 2020-21 should be scrapped.

‘My opinion hasn’t changed. I put down on the survey it should be finished null and void,' Birmingham revealed.

‘I think, at the end of the day, we’ve got vaccinations now but it’s no guarantee that we’re all going to get them straight away.

‘Hopefully, by the end of September every adult should maybe have been vaccinated.

‘The thing is it’s going to be stop-start again so just call it a day, call it a day.

'I don’t get why a statement hasn’t been made yet (on null and void), I don’t get it.

'Until we can get a grip of it, which isn’t going to happen because it’s spreading rapidly and it’s getting more aggressive, so what’s the point in risking people? There is no point.

‘Just scrap it, call it a day, and hopefully for the first time in three years come July or August we might be able to start a season and get to finish it.'

There have been suggestions regarding organising mini-competitions to allow clubs to play ‘competitive’ fixtures if they are allowed to return to action by April and seasons have been concluded.

But Birmingham says it would be 'selfish' to launch any tournament amid the pandmeic.

The Deans boss also played down the idea of resuming the current season in August.

‘I think all the time we’re umming and erring and going ‘maybe we can play a tournament, this, that and the other, I just think it’s selfish,' he added.

‘I don’t think people are thinking too much into it.

‘I get it’s not easy, especially when you’ve got clubs maybe going for promotion and it’s happened a second year running, but that’s it.

‘I’d rather just restart in August, I don’t see the point (in continuing 2020/21 from August).

‘You might as well just restart it.'