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EFL to Meet This Morning to Make Decision on Games
Friday, 13th Mar 2020 08:57

The EFL board is set to meet this morning to make a decision on whether this weekend’s games and subsequent matches will go ahead with reports indicating that they plan to suspend fixtures.

A statement reads: “The EFL board will meet this morning to make a decision on this weekend’s fixtures and beyond.”

Yesterday evening, the EFL released a statement in which they said this weekend’s games would be played as usual.

However, since then Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi have both tested positive for the Coronavirus and it seems increasingly likely the fixture programme will be suspended both in the Premier League and EFL.


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Tufty added 09:02 - Mar 13
Just wish they would make their minds up
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Guthrum added 09:08 - Mar 13
Tho to be fair, Tufty, suspending English football could mean trashing the finances of many, if not most, clubs. Not a decision to be taken lightly.
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luckydiddy added 09:15 - Mar 13
Don't think there is any decision to be made ... clubs player/staff base being affected by it ... whilst the argument about being in the "open stadiums" therefore risk is minimal doesn't exactly stand up when queuing to get through turnstiles, for a drink and food etc. The only surprise is .. they haven't reached the decision to suspend all events including sports already.

Especially given "Many more families are going to lose loved ones" [Boris Johnson March 12th 2020]
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Billybobblue added 09:32 - Mar 13
Think its a no brainer to postpone games now. Games are already being played behind closed doors in europe, players and staff infected in the premier League. Playing will only expose more and more people to the virus that needs to be "delayed".
Absolute shambles. Financially the clubs already have the money from season tickets holders, only income effected is away ticket sales and on the day purchases like food and drink. The bigger picture is health and wellbeing of everyone comes first.
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Suffolkboy added 10:34 - Mar 13
Very difficult challenge all round ; almost a no win ,no win situation .
The many risks of course need to be balanced and weighed , but we must hope the country doesn't get into a state of ‘total panic ‘ alongside a pandemic .
There's so much we yet don't know about the virus , more about the effects on the body , BUT calm and collected reasoning and analysis will do most to help weather the ‘storm ‘ .
The science appears to tell us so far that it's basically the ‘old ‘ – er than 60 - who are likely to be most liable to serious illness , and if so then most of the population have relatively less to worry about .
Sadly ‘cash flow' will be affected or even suspended for lots of businesses and this will be the root of serious on- going problems : so many aspects need to be taken into account !
Let's all hope for the best ,be sensible and trust the decision makers will be blessed with wisdom .
COYB
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pauldart added 11:02 - Mar 13
Confirmed - EFL suspended until early April
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coolcat added 11:24 - Mar 13
This is a situation that's changing all the time given the highly contagious nature of the spread of the virus in addition to very little known being known about it, so not surprised at EFL's meeting next Tuesday bf . So given what we know & what the experts advised us yesterday was very surprised at the Govt's decision not to implement even a few containment measures at this stage, particularly in relation to sporting events, which I think goes hand in hand with the 'delay', without creating too much panic. Money matters little and public health at large takes priority. I was reading something the Accrington Stanley owner said, when he said re the money shortage, he would rather take the rap now financially then lose fans in the future due to the spread of the virus.
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