Bristol City are a Premier League club in all but name in so many ways.
Their Ashton Gate stadium has undergone extensive redevelopment in the past decade and is a venue so spacious and modern, several hundred fans could be safely accommodated in its hospitality suites to watch Saturday’s game on TV screens.
During lockdown, these rooms were given over to FareShare South West to serve as an emergency food warehouse.
The next phase of billionaire owner Stephen Lansdown’s Bristol Sport vision will see a 4,000-seat Sports and Convention Centre spring up next door in the coming months.