SPFL approve lower-league restart but concerned by 22-game season
The SPFL has approved Leagues One and Two returning on March 20 but is concerned about their ability to complete a 22-game schedule.
The SPFL has approved Leagues One and Two returning on March 20 but is concerned about their ability to complete a 22-game schedule.
Cambridge remain without Harvey Knibbs and Paul Digby for the visit of Walsall.
League One and League Two clubs are understood to have united to demand a 22-game season.
The SFA have confirmed revised dates for the Scottish Cup, following news yesterday the competition would be able to continue.
Manager Alex Revell believes Stevenage are finally showing what they are capable of after they produced a superb performance in their 3-0 victory against promotion-chasing Forest Green.
Danny Newton scored twice as Stevenage stunned promotion-chasing Forest Green 3-0 to move towards the comfort of mid-table in Sky Bet League Two.
The Scottish FA have confirmed League One, League Two, Scottish Women's Premier League 1 and the Scottish Cup have been allowed to return on the basis all teams perform weekly Covid testing.
Colchester will be without experienced goalkeeper Dean Gerken for their Sky Bet League Two clash with Carlisle.
The SFA say they are waiting for a "final decision" from the Scottish Government on when the leagues below the Championship can restart.
Defender Carl Piergianni is pushing for a place in Oldham’s line-up for their League Two clash with Bolton.
Hopes are growing that the lower leagues will be given the go-ahead to return to action this week.
Meetings about possible restart plans for the lower leagues and Highland League have postponed, it is understood.
Tony Craig and Tom Dallison must again be assessed before Crawley’s League Two clash with Exeter.
The SPFL have announced a rule change will be made so concussion substitutes can be trialled in Scotland's professional leagues from March 6 until the end of the season.
Steve Ball lost his job as Colchester head coach after U’s stretched their winless run to 13 games with a 2-1 defeat to Exeter.
Scunthorpe manager Neil Cox disputed a first-half penalty decision that set up resurgent Bolton’s 2-0 win over Scunthorpe for their fourth successive Sky Bet League Two victory
Harrogate manager Simon Weaver hailed Aaron Martin’s match-winning volley after delivering a verbal volley of his own at half-time.
Goals from skipper Eoin Doyle and former captain Antoni Sarcevic secured Bolton’s 2-0 victory over Scunthorpe in a meeting between two of Sky Bet League Two’s in-form sides.
Harrogate completed their first-ever Football League double thanks to Aaron Martin’s sixth goal of the season.
Walsall will be without the suspended Liam Kinsella for their Sky Bet League Two clash with Newport.
Peterhead manager Jim McInally fears the SFA’s blunder which saw them use an official who should have been self-isolating could stop the lower leagues from restarting.
Captain Harry Pell is expected to miss out-of-form Colchester’s Sky Bet League Two match with Exeter.
Darrell Clarke will have a handful of absentees as he oversees his first home game in charge of Port Vale when they host Stevenage on Tuesday evening.
Giles Coke could make his Grimsby debut as the club host Crawley in Sky Bet League Two on Tuesday evening.
Forest Green boss Mark Cooper blasted the Rodney Parade pitch but praised the “magnificent effort” of his players in beating Sky Bet League Two promotion rivals Newport 2-0.
Barrow have sacked manager Michael Jolley after only seven games in charge with the club stuck in the League Two relegation zone.
Jamille Matt tormented his former team-mates by making one goal and scoring the other as Forest Green moved to within a point of the Sky Bet League Two summit with a 2-0 win at Newport.
Harry Kewell wants his Oldham players to stop requiring extraordinary goals to win points after Dylan Bahamboula’s wonder-strike earned a share of the spoils against Tranmere.
Mansfield forward Oliver Sarkic has an outside chance of making the squad for the visit of Cambridge in Sky Bet League Two on Saturday.
Cheltenham manager Michael Duff has been handed another midfield blow ahead of the Sky Bet League Two clash against Bradford.