It feels like a lifetime since Linfield announced that one of their players had tested positive for Covid-19.
The reigning champions of the Danske Bank Premiership confirmed it in a statement on 10 March, with chairman Roy McGivern describing the news as "unpleasant".
General manager Pat Fenlon later said it was "scary".
Since then the sporting world has completely shut down, though it has slowly creaked back into life across Europe in the last two weeks.
Four League of Ireland clubs began Covid-19 testing this morning as part of the pilot programme and tournament for the SSE Airtricity League teams who will compete in Europe this year. It's hoped games will be up and running by the end of August.
The situation is less clear in Northern Ireland, where a decision on the remainder of the Premiership season won't be made until 30 June.
Linfield are top of the table as it stands, and Fenlon said there's a desperate need for more clarity now with club left in limbo.
"People will say 'it's easy for you to say, sitting top of the league' but I don't see many alternatives."
"This is a difficult situation for everybody," he told the RTÉ Soccer Podcast.
"I think leaving it to 30 June is fobbing it off and putting it back. The crux of this is European football. There needs to be more clarity around it from everybody, from UEFA.
"At the end of the day, government will decide when football starts everywhere. As I said it's difficult, but kicking it down the road until 30 June is prolonging the agony for everybody."
In the wake of the pandemic, UEFA gave clubs permission to use their HatTrick funding money - usually provided to help associations cover running costs and aid grassroots development - as they see fit.
It's worth just under £4m to the IFA, who are resisting calls to release some of the cash to struggling Premiership clubs.
Fenlon warned it won't be possible to finish the campaign behind closed doors because the money isn't there to do it and called for a decision one way or the other as soon as possible: delay the league and finish it, or call it as it stands.
"We've seen the IFA come out and say the HatTrick funding they receive will not be used, which is disappointing," Fenlon added.
"If it is the flagship league of Northern Irish football then it should be given all the support it needs, if they want to finish (the league). If there's funding there to finish it, let's go and finish it. If there's not, then let's make a decision on that.
"We all want to finish the league and play. You're running out of time, and you've European places as well, which is big for all the clubs. I don't see a scenario where Irish League clubs can play behind closed doors.
"With all that goes with that in relation to testing and everything else, the cost would be too big. I think the decision is going to have to be made.
"Do you call the league as it is and declare the league positions as they are? People will say 'it's easy for you to say, sitting top of the league' but I don't see many alternatives.
"They've discussed maybe playing the games in two stadiums - that would be Windsor Park and Ballymena Showgrounds which is one of the better stadiums that probably could cope. Playing in empty stadiums with smaller crowds, that's all been discussed and it's all up in the air. It really reverts back to what government says."
On the player who tested positive for the virus in March, Fenlon said: "He's fine. I spoke to him a day or two after (he tested positive).
"He'd attended a game in the UK with a friend of his, came back, felt unwell and went to hospital. He did a test and it came back positive. He had no real symptoms at all. He's fine. He's a young, healthy man and thankfully there was no problem.
"At the end of the day, we're talking about people's lives here. The people that are legislating the countries have to make sure it's safe to come back and play, whatever the sport is. It is difficult. We've got to be guided by the people who run the country."
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