Simon Stone
BBC Sport

It is understood League Two clubs were in collective agreement that current bottom club, Stevenage, should not be relegated.

Owner Phil Wallace told BBC Sport: “My preference is to finish the league so we have the opportunity to play our way out of trouble.

“We have 10 games to play and are three points behind, with a game in hand, why should I think it was not possible to get out of it?

“The League Two clubs cannot decide this. We can only tell the EFL of their indicative position but that is the collective view.

“It would cost us £140,000 for the tests, we would have to bring players out of furlough and comply with a 47-page health and safety document regarding sterilisation of stadiums etc.

“I don’t know what this would mean for the National League.”

If you saw his earlier tweet, it's no surprise that Swindon boss Richie Wellens is a happy man today - not only are his side in line to be crowned League Two champions, but his 17-year-old son Charlie has signed a professional deal with Manchester United.

Wellens senior came through the United academy, making one appearance for the first-team in 1999.

Joseph Rutter: Probably the fairest way to settle it. Points per game makes very little difference to the table, and there's little point playing behind closed doors in the lower leagues as clubs rely on gate revenue.

Swindon Town manager Richie Wellens has just posted this message on Twitter...

Presume he is talking about this afternoon's announcement...

Swindon are second in the League Two table but would leapfrog Crewe to be crowned champions under a points-per-game system.

It is understood League Two clubs want to use a weighted points-per-game system to finalise the table, which takes into account the average points won both home and away.

That method removes any bias for sides who have played more home games than their rivals and those numbers are then be applied to each home and away game left on a team's fixture list.

Using this scenario, Swindon Town would overtake Crewe Alexandra to claim the title, with Plymouth Argyle staying in the third and final automatic promotion spot.

The four teams currently in the play-offs - Exeter City, Cheltenham Town, Colchester United and Northampton Town - would remain there, but Cheltenham would move above Exeter and into fourth.

Stevenage would stay bottom.

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It is understood League Two clubs want to use a weighted points-per-game system to finalise the table, which takes into account the average points won both home and away.

That method removes any bias for sides who have played more home games than their rivals.

Here's a reminder of how the table looked when play was halted in March...

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There are still plans for the play-offs to take place as usual, with two-legged semi-finals and then a final.

With League One and the National League, both of which feed clubs into League Two, yet to decide how their final tables will look, it means clubs at the top and bottom of League Two will have to wait for their fate.

Crewe Alexandra were top of the division when the season was halted, with Swindon Town and Plymouth Argyle in the other two automatic promotion places.

Stevenage were bottom and occupied the sole relegation slot.

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League Two's season has been brought to an early conclusion following discussions between clubs and the English Football League.

The final table will be decided using a points-per-game method, but promotion and relegation has yet to be finalised.

Is there a better birthday present for Andy Murray than this? On his 33rd birthday, the former world number one has been able to hit on court with his older brother Jamie.

That's socially-distanced tennis, of course.

Tennis has been one of the activities which has been able to resume this week under the new guidelines from the UK Government.

Here's how the Murrays - and you - can play tennis safely.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport

Hardly unsurprising in a sport which sees players compete on global tours, but an announcement extending the suspension of ATP and WTA events could be made later today.

The tours are currently on hold up to 13 July - following the conclusion of Wimbledon, which was cancelled for the first time since World War II.

The suspension is set to be extended up to the start of August.

The US Open, which usually takes place in New York at the end of August and is the next Grand Slam in the diary, remains pencilled in for now.

This latest update will see all ATP tournaments in July suspended, with the Hamburg Open - a third-tier 500 level event - being the biggest casualty.

On the WTA side, lower-category tournaments in Bucharest and Lausanne on 13 July will be called off with similar events in Jurmala and Palermo on 20 July set to follow.

The North American hard-court season, which culminates with the US Open, remains in place at the moment.

The extended suspension runs up to events in San Jose and Washington on 3 August, which are usually followed by the Rogers Cup and Cincinnati Open - both in the category of biggest tournaments outside of the Grand Slams.

You can read our full story from today's meeting involving all 23 League One clubs here.

Attempting to restart the League One and League Two campaigns is likely to be more difficult than in the Championship and Premier League, which could begin again in mid-June behind closed doors.

Many clubs in the third and fourth tiers have furloughed their players and, with no crowds allowed into stadiums for the foreseeable future, it would cost them money to stage games.

EFL chairman Rick Parry has also said 1,400 players across the league's three divisions are out of contract on 30 June. The majority of those players are in League One and League Two.

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BBC Sport understands there is a general acceptance among clubs in both League One and League Two that resuming the current campaign is impossible because of a lack of money.

But on Thursday Peterborough United, Oxford United, Sunderland, Fleetwood, Portsmouth and Ipswich Town released a joint statement saying they had "no desire for voiding the season, points-per-game scenarios or letting a computer decide our footballing fate".

A Twitter post by Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony, whose side are sixth with nine games to play, added: "For our fans/staff and for the integrity of our sport, we are all looking forward to completing our pending fixtures/season under guidance from the EFL at a time it is deemed safe to do so."

It is understood Friday's meeting via conference call saw clubs unable to come to a united position and so they will reconvene early next week.

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Friday's meeting involving all 23 League One sides came after six clubs had said they were determined to complete their remaining fixtures.

The league was halted on 13 March amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The clubs will meet again next week, while teams in League Two are due to carry out discussions later on Friday.

League One clubs have failed to agree whether to end the season early following discussions with the English Football League.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp tells Dan Walker and Football Focus about his life in lockdown, meeting Steven Gerrard for the first time and why he misses his players and staff at Melwood the most.

While we wait for an update from the meeting involving League One clubs, here's an interesting story from Germany.

Augsburg head coach Heiko Herrlich will miss the Bundesliga restart after breaching quarantine rules by leaving the team hotel to buy toothpaste.

Herrlich, whose side face Wolfsburg on Saturday, told a news conference on Thursday that he had visited a shop, breaking league rules.

Teams preparing for the German league to restart this weekend have been staying in quarantine.

"I made a mistake by leaving the hotel," he said in a statement later.

You can read more here.

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport

While today is all about the EFL, the Premier League hopes for a return to action on 12 June, with matches played behind closed doors.

On Thursday, the UK government said it is "opening the door" for the return of professional football in England in June.

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said a meeting with the Football Association, Premier League and English Football League had "progressed plans".

But where will matches be played? And do the players support the plans?

We answer some of the key questions about 'Project Restart' here.

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