The EFL 2019/2020 season was finally completed at Wembley on Tuesday evening, more than a year after it started.

2020  has been an extraordinary year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and football has been affected as badly as many other aspects of life.

The pecking order amongst the clubs in west London has been fairly stable over the years – Chelsea have been top dogs, Brentford have been at the bottom, with Fulham and QPR joshing in the middle.

But that has all changed in recent thanks to the Brentford revolution. The Bees have made steady progress in recent seasons and are now firmly established as a Championship club.

Though they completed the league double over Fulham, they were beaten 2-1 by their near neighbours in the Play-Off Final.

‎On the night, Scott Parker got his tactics spot on. He changed his team’s expansive style to stifle Brentford’s attacking threat.

In truth, it was a poor spectacle with the only real excitement coming in extra-time. The game was the perfect illustration of why fans are such a big part of the game.

The so called richest game in the World was played in an eerily quiet National Stadium.

So that is the season finally done and dusted, now is the time to look forward to the new campaign which is little more than four weeks away.
The 2020/21 season kicks-off with the first round of the Carabao Cup being played the weekend of 5 September, with league fixtures commencing a week later.

Charlton will have to sort out their ownership problems before then, and fans can look forward to going to attending games again at the beginning of October.

Players will have a brief respite before reporting back for pre-season training. For those out-of-contract, it will be an anxious time as they look for a new club.

For managers, there will be no rest. They face a frantic race against time to assemble and mould their squads before the season starts.
So much to do, so little time to do it.