League two clubs vote to end season

[Oldstripy]

There is an extended version of my first post.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52679614

[magpie2k4]

We might get promoted even if there is no relegation from league 2

If league 1 also don’t relegate anyone, then league 2 will be short of teams (promoting some and not having any relegated to replace them)

If league 1 don’t relegate anyone then league 2 will likely need 3/4 teams from the national league

[OP67]

We all know that Barrow will take the place of Bury and that they'll be no promotions or relegations. The EFL and National League are two seperate league systems so I'd imagine the EFL are quite within their rights to not relegate anyone.

I can see Macclesfield going bust though and that will see Harrogate go up. Or even see L2 run two clubs short next season. Especially as the season will not start until later in the year, no chance it'll start in August.

[Woodsetts_Pie]

Another couple of afterthoughts...
1. If clubs in L2 don't go bust I'll be amazed. The only thing that will keep the status quo is a cash injection from the premier to cover EFL and NL costs through till next season can start
2. There is already a drip feed starting of players being released and contract announcements, with clubs not waiting for June 30th.

[Woodsetts_Pie]

I cant see any of this being sorted until the Premier League sort their affairs out, as what they do has a domino effect down each league from there. As they are insistent on playing again it will be late June at the earliest before a clear(er) picture emerges.

The lower leagues have to plan for a late August/September start. The FA Cup early rounds have to start in August for example for it all to fit going forward.

Whatever happens, if we are in this league come the start of the next campaign I agree with the comments above, namely we have to put a team out that can batter the opposition week in week out and sort our future out on merit. By the time this last one ended we just about had that team in place.

[BigFatPie]

People seem to be missing the point that today’s vote was only advisory, relegation from League 2 is mandatory, and the FA have to ratify any change to those rules.

There’s still likely to be relegation from the PL, and you’d have to imagine they would like some consistency across the leagues

[ncfcog]

There was no way we were going to lose another game this season.

[Big Bob]

I think you can forget about any further talks on promotion and i seriously think we won't see out beloved pies in action until next year as i see this virus on a 2nd wave

[ForeignLegion]

Mystic Meg speaks

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Notts decision to dig up their pitch might impact Notts ability to play games at home in the play offs - IF they were to be played soon - although lack of fans at grounds would mitigate any effect that playing away had.

It’s not a typical pitch rip up so to speak and one that would normally take nine weeks, instead it’s one that takes around six weeks.. We’ve took a layer off and it was started around mid April such that the pitch would be ready in June. No playoffs will be happening before then so I’m confident our excellent ground staff could have our pitch ready if required for any playoffs in June.

I think it was an excellent idea and means we could have a perfect pitch ready for the playoffs should they happen and one that will serve us well for next season when that happens.