Scotland's national clinical director has poured cold water over the return of fans to grounds in time for the start of the new season.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that 'pilot' events would start from August 1 in England with plans for an October return to packed grounds should everything go as planned.
This in turn prompted an impassioned plea from Celtic chief executive Peter Lawell for Scottish football not to be left behind the rest of the UK.
But Professor Jason Leitch is adamant that no date will yet be set.
Although he did provide some crumbs of comfort by admitting that test events will occur "in the Autumn".
"The Prime Minister yesterday announced the next phase of the route map in England,” Prof Leitch told BBC. “He said there were quite a lot of things they were hoping to do in October.
“One of those was live crowds at events. He never specifically set a date or a number. It’s broad and allows quite a lot of room for manoeuvre between the middle of July and beginning of October.
“We’ve not set a date. We are very hopeful that in the autumn some time we will be able to run some test events and get crowds back, we want to be able to do that.
“If the numbers stay the way they are then that’s the best way of getting there.
“If pubs opening doesn’t give us big numbers then crowds are much more likely.
“Nothing changes our view that August 1 we can get back to playing. Some things would worry us - for example if there were a lot of positive tests in a team. If the bubble had burst.
“There’s been no inference of that and there’s not been a big increase in community transmission around the country.
“So far everything is pointing in a good direction.”
Meanwhile Professor Leitch called on players to stop playacting, spitting and even celebrating in large huddles when the action does get back underway.
Premiership players have undergone strict testing since their return to full training a fortnight ago - with only one positive case in that time.
Asked if players should be booked for spitting when games resume, Leitch said: “If I was he ref I’d give them a stern talking to.
“There’s two things here. There’s the safety of the 23 people on the grass which is crucial. No big goal celebrations or big huddles.
“We also don’t want people pretending to have a broken leg so they put other people at risk coming on to help them with their pretend broken leg.
“More than ever the professional game has to be an example for the amateur and recreational game and I have said that to the clubs.
“I think that has got through. The Premier League in England have behaved really well and I have no reason to believe the Scottish game will be any different.”
