Premier League announce their restart date: This is what it means for Brighton

Executives from the 20 top-flight clubs gathered for a shareholders' meeting on Thursday, and it was reported an agreement was reached over the remaining rounds of games to be played - subject to government approval.

Two rearranged matches - Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal - will be played first, before the first full round of games on the weekend of June 20 and 21, reports said.

On dates and times to be confirmed, Brighton are due to face Arsenal, Newcastle, Man City, Liverpool and Manchester United at the Amex. Their remaining away fixtures are: Burnley, Leicester, Norwich and Southampton.

The restart date of June 17 is exactly 100 days after the last Premier League match took place before the suspension when Leicester beat Aston Villa 4-0 on March 9 and the league was suspended on 13 March.

Brighton, who are two points above the relegation zone with nine matches remaining, were last in Premier League action during the 0-0 draw at Wolves on March 7. Their last match at the Amex Stadium was the 1-0 home loss to Crystal Palace on February 29.

Clubs voted unanimously on protocols for contact training on Wednesday, another step along the road to resumption.

Four individuals connected to three clubs tested positive for coronavirus in the league's third round of testing, with 1,008 staff from Premier League clubs tested.

In the Championship, three positive results were returned from 1,030 tests.

Blackburn captain and former Brighton player Elliott Bennett and two unnamed Fulham players were the ones to test positive.

Blackburn confirmed Bennett had been tested on Monday and was found to have Covid-19, but was asymptomatic.

He will now isolate for seven days and will return to training on June 5 if he does not go on to develop symptoms, the club said.

Bennett said: "I feel fit and healthy. Hopefully this sends out a positive message to the community that perhaps many people have or have had the virus without showing any effects.

"I obviously would never have known if we hadn't returned to training and taken the tests, because I don't feel unwell and have got no symptoms whatsoever.

"There seems to have been a lot of hysteria about footballers returning to training, but it's not a big deal at all.

"It's the people who are seriously ill in hospital that we need to worry about, not footballers who are fit and healthy, and who aren't showing any signs of being unwell."

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