Sheffield United star reveals atmosphere expectations when Premier League resumes without fans
United will be amongst the first teams to play when the football calendar resumes, after their game in hand against Aston Villa was scheduled for June 17.
All of United's 10 remaining fixtures, plus their FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal, will be played behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic - and Norwood admits that, until kick-off against Villa, no-one knows what it'll be like to play a Premier League game in front of an empty stadium.
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Hide Ad"We've trained at Bramall Lane quite a few times but until it's actual game time, you don't know what the games are going to be like and how other teams are going to be," Norwood said.
"All we can say is we're going to look to pick up where we left off.
“It's going to be strange scoring a goal and there being no cheering, no crowd getting really behind us because when we kick towards the Kop, it feels like they're pulling the ball towards them at times. It's going to be different, but what's the new normal? We've got to adapt and the team that adapts the best will be successful.
I don't think we'll be seeing much of our fans, unfortunately. That's just the way it is until we're told otherwise by the Government and the Premier League, there's no point sulking and moaning about it, we've just got to get on with it.”
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