The Premier League have been carrying out several meetings over the last weeks, and even months since the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK.
Since then a number of key decisions have been made up and down the football pyramid with the National League, National League North/South and League Two all ended on a points per game (PPG) basis.
League One is still awaiting a verdict to decide how their season will end and everything from the seventh tier downwards has been made null and void much to the disappointment of several clubs at that level including the likes of Vauxhall Motors who had actually secured promotion from their division.
On Wednesday, the Premier League's 'Project Restart' received another welcome boost with the majority of top flight sides agreeing to return to full contact training, albeit with limited contact outside of training hours, and it has now been confirmed that the plans will go ahead.
Inevitably all games will all be played behind closed doors following the Bundesliga which has already restarted and La Liga which is set to restart in the middle of June.
Looking at Newcastle United in the Premier League, what does this mean for them?
In the last century St James' Park became famous around the world for the intimidating atmosphere that it posed for away sides. Looking at Kevin Keegan's entertainers side from the 1990's for example, St James' was something of a fortress with the Toon Army making a real noise to support the Magpies.
A vocal arena to fall silent
Since expansion to over 52,000 which was completed in 2000, some Newcastle supporters feel that some of the atmosphere has been lost and it now takes a 'big' team to turn up to get the fans up for a game and for a deafening noise to be created.
Recent times have also seen unrest around St James' with two relegations seen since the expansion was carried out, but this does also coincide with a disappointing change of ownership with Mike Ashley's controversial regime on Tyneside.
Still, full houses have been a regular feature at St James's Park, even in the Magpies' two seasons in the Championship under Ashley and in both seasons in the second tier Newcastle only lost five times at home and all of those came in the 2017/18 season, their most recent campaign outside the Premier League.
Some top Premier League sides have also been stunned at St James' Park in recent years with all of the 'top six' having been toppled on Tyneside in recent seasons.
No 12th man a big deal for Newcastle
This takes us back to the example used of fans getting up for the big games, but struggling to feel motivated against the lesser sides with some embarrassing results coming in recent seasons against the likes of Watford, Brighton & Hove Albion and West Bromwich Albion to name a few.
From this it becomes rather hard to work out the influence of the Newcastle supporters, however Steve Bruce's side had some good home form before the season was ended with only three home defeats suffered in the 2019/20 season.
Looking at how things have panned out in the Bundesliga, a league which has already restarted, home comforts haven't been evident with only five home victories for sides in the German top flight so far.
Were this to be the case in England as well, many sides who have typically relied on home form could suddenly find themselves with struggles and Newcastle would certainly fall into that category with 21 points gained out their overall 35 points in the Premier League so far this season.
With this appearing to be a potential issue for the Magpies some may also argue that the pressure of the fans can also have a negative effect on the players, perhaps the reason behind their five home defeats in the 2016/17 Championship season when supporters expected three points every game.
But at the same time, there is no denying the importance that Newcastle United fans can have on the squad with Manchester United and Chelsea both losing at St James' Park. Manchester City also dropped points on Tyneside in a 2-2 draw at the end of November.
The season will resume in the middle of June and Newcastle will be looking to ensure that they avoid any relegation struggles. If this did come about links could be made to playing behind closed doors, but at the same time the pressure could perhaps be viewed as off and the Magpies may in fact play better.