The Covid-19 outbreak has suspended the season for more than two months and there’s still to be a decision made by the EFL on how it will finish.
It has been widely reported the EFL are due to meet later this week, with the suggestion that both the third and fourth tiers will be called off due to the ongoing pandemic. However, Blues chief executive Mark Catlin distanced himself from that talk and underlined the club’s determination to explore every possible way of finishing the 2019-20 campaign.
Nevertheless, every side in League One has their own stance. We’ve looked at what each of them have been saying...
5. Bristol Rovers
Captain Alex Rodman’s leaked WhatsApp message pinpointed the difficulties of completing the campaign due to the high volume of players out of contract and the number of testing kits required. The 14th-placed Gas have little to play for. | Freelance Photo: Graham Hunt
6. Burton
Chairman Ben Robinson recently told Derbyshire Live that he’s been exploring the costs of playing games behind closed doors and that ‘safeguarding of lives is their priority - and then to complete the season if they can.’ | phcimages.com/PinPep Photo: Daniel Chesterton
7. Coventry
The league leaders would be promoted on points-point-game method but manager Mark Robins told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire ‘if you can play games, you play your league games don’t you’ implying he wants to finish the remaining nine fixtures. | Freelance Photo: Kieran Cleeves
8. Doncaster
Donny boss Darren Moore reckons the season should be declared null and void if it can’t be completed on the pitch to avoid opening ‘a huge can of worms’. Rovers have an outside chance of finishing in the play-offs. | phcimages.com Photo: Daniel Chesterton