A FOOTBALL Wagga competition will be going ahead in 2020, but exactly how and when that will happen is still being ironed out.
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Leeton United Football Club will soon begin training under strict restrictions, but how a season or a fixture will unfold is yet to be set in stone.
On Friday, Football NSW lifted the temporary suspension of football as it relates to training only.
For the avoidance of doubt, for the moment, no competition matches are permitted to be played.
This includes "friendly" matches as part of a training session.
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It is required all training be conducted in accordance with the Public Health Order from the NSW government.
This includes only training in groups of 10 at a time, with a coach included in this number.
Players must turn up ready to train and there will be no use of the dressing shed.
Players will be allowed to head the ball, but won't be able to touch it or have physical contact with each other.
Leeton United first grade coach Frank Alampi said the club would be responsible for policing all of the measures once training starts.
He remained uncertain about playing in 2020, with his main priority the health and safety of players and the community.
However, he said he could understand why many players were itching to get back into the playing competitively.
"If I was a young fella, I would want to play too, but because I am older, I see it differently," Alampi said.
"We will possibly start training very soon, but there are strict rules we will need to follow.
"We'll only be able to do certain drills.
"It's a changing landscape, so who knows where it will go to."
Alampi said any competition in 2020 would always have an mark next to its name.
"I'm sure if you make the grand final and you win, you'll definitely take it, but there will always be people who say this 'isn't a real season'," he said.
"I'm not sure we should be playing this year, but it's not really up to me."
Football Wagga believes its 2020 competition will run deeper into the year, possibly finishing in October.