Reports: Leagues One and Two unlikely to finish with stadiums set to be empty until January 2021

According to a national newspaper Leagues One and Two have been informed it is likely that the season will not be concluded due to a shortage of coronavirus tests required for players.

According to the Daily Mail, players below the Championship have been told that their season will not be finished and the standings will be finalised on a ‘sporting merit’ system.

Players across the EFL are due to return to training on May 16, something which is still likely to happen despite the growing sense that no games will be played as originally planned on June 6.

The EFL board met on Wednesday with club captains and PFA reps being told to relay to their team-mates the very real possibility of no more football being played.

One of the main reasons for the unlikely finish for Leagues One and Two is the high number of coronavirus tests for players that would be required be meet the safety threshold needed for football to resume.

Each test is understood to cost £150 each and even if the required number is somehow reached, the bill for those tests will be hard to finance for lower league clubs.

The ‘sporting merit’ system would mean the final standings will be determined by how many points each club have earned per game played, with clubs in the automatic promotion places would go up with no teams coming down. On that basis, Town would finish 11th.

In terms of spectators, the report suggests that fans not expected back in EFL stadiums until next January at the earliest.

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