Television cameras will be at grounds on December 1 and 2 and players are obliged to play in front of them, according to Football League chief executive David Burns.

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has blamed the Premier League’s ‘‘patronising and arrogant’’ attitude for the impending players’ strike.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore appears almost resigned to the fact that the dispute with the Professional Footballers’ Association over television money will end up in the courts.