Simon Stone
BBC Sport

@SiBanstead - I take it the fixtures that are already scheduled for that weekend are the next to be played?

Yes. But given the medical advice yesterday, I don’t think anyone in football seriously expects the situation to have changed in three weeks and therefore the present situation is much more likely to be extended that lifted.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

@pinkywheeler Is there going to be any financial assistance to lower league clubs who will have no income for the next month? If not the EFL are going to be very busy handing out points deductions

I don’t know if the EFL have enough money to start handing out bridging loads. Like most businesses, clubs will have to find a way round their present situation.

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Chief Football Writer for the Times on BBC Radio 5 Live

There are some clubs that will have serious problems. This idea that on 3 April the sirens stop and we go back and play football again is just naive.

What the medical advisers are saying is this is a long period - possibly 12-14 weeks. The date of 3 April has just been come up with and then they will think again.

I wouldn't be surprised if English football is playing in June. Obviously the Euros would have to be put back a year, then it's just a question of the sporting integrity of football as to when league programmes are finished.

Take for example West Bromwich Albion. They are fighting to get back in the Premier League. If West Brom go up, that's worth a minimum of £120m in television money alone.

The Premier League and EFL need to show leadership - which they should've done earlier in the week - to go through and work out how they can reach a conclusion to the season, but the obvious casualty of that is Euro 2020.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

@kay_tee_cue - How will it affect the momentum of teams like Manchester United?

Clearly it has an impact but everyone is in the same position. Tottenham might not be too disappointed given the number of injuries they have but who knows what the situation will be when matches start again. It is not entirely clear whether players will carry on training. We are in completely uncharted territory here.

West Ham players are in self-isolation after they came into contact with Mikel Arteta during Saturday's Premier League game against Arsenal.

Ian Maxwell, Scottish FA chief executive: “Today’s announcement is made in the interests of public health but, equally, the health and safety of players, match officials, and staff across the game. This is of paramount importance as the country enters the ‘delay’ phase of the coronavirus pandemic.

“It is also why the Scottish FA is compelled to ensure that the suspension is cascaded through the non-professional and grassroots games until further notice.”

The Scottish FA has suspended all professional and grassroots football in Scotland until further notice.

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Dan Roan
BBC Sports editor

Now the English football season has been suspended, along with almost everything else in world sport (apart from Cheltenham and Wales v Scotland in the Six Nations), attention will inevitably turn to the National, London Marathon, Wimbledon and Tokyo 2020. All still on, for now.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

@toshenhoff - What is the likelihood of the season being completely null & void?

It is very much the will of all the leagues and the majority of the clubs for that not to happen. There are so many complications that come with making a decision of that magnitude. Clearly, no-one knows how long the game will be in shut down. But whenever it restarts, I would think it will restart by finishing off this season.

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Dan Roan
BBC Sports editor

Simply stopping the season as it stands now seems unlikely given it would run the risk of legal action from clubs relegated or denied promotion.

The EFL are now expected to ask the government for financial help for some of the clubs who now face even more financial uncertainty but there is no guarantee that this will be possible in these extraordinary times.

Dan Roan
BBC Sports editor

This action goes against the government’s highly controversial advice to continue staging sports events despite mass gatherings being closed or cancelled across the world.

But, DCMS officials are known to be supportive of the decision football authorities have taken given the need to protect employees, and the mounting cases of players contracting the virus.

The problem is that the outbreak is expected to be at its peak in May and June so if the suspension keeps on being extended, some clubs may start to push for the season to be declared void, a nightmare scenario for clubs like Liverpool and Leeds Utd, who both stand on the brink of long-awaited glory.

But as it stands, there seems to be a determination to complete the season if at all possible.

Dan Roan
BBC Sports editor

These are deeply turbulent times in English football - and across world sport of course - which is having to face up to a period of disruption and dislocation unprecedented in peacetime.

Privately, all parties admit that resuming matches in early April - when the initial suspension will be reviewed - will be almost impossible.

But the hope is that next week a decision is taken to postpone Euro2020 for a year, thereby freeing up space in the calendar to re-schedule outstanding matches and complete domestic league seasons across the continent at some stage.

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Peter Coates, Stoke City chairman, speaking to BBC 5 Live about the suspension of matches: "I’m disappointed but there was a kind of inevitability about it.

"I felt the government and the medical advisers had been doing a really good job and handling the crisis well, and my view was to take the medical and scientific advice.

"The way players have gone down and how things have escalated, we have got to a point where we had little choice.

"I don’t think the financial implications will hit the Premier League hard because their income comes from media and broadcasting, so they have a cushion against this.

"For the rest of football, it’s quite different as they rely on gate receipts and commercial activities, with a very small part coming from the media.

"This will have serious financial implications, with some clubs possibly running out of money."

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The ban on football matches in England covers the FA Cup as well as the Premier League, EFL and Women's Super League.

That means that the quarter-finals scheduled for 21 and 22 March have also been postponed.

The UK's Elite League ice hockey competition has been cancelled for the rest of the 2019-20 season amid the coronavirus outbreak. League organisers say two of the competition's 10 clubs have players in self-isolation.

The suspension of the Premier League and EFL will have widespread impacts on football.

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BBC Sport

There is a board meeting of the National League due to take place in the next hour or so to decide what to do.

The suspension of elite football in England means the England friendlies against Italy and Denmark, scheduled for 27 March and 31 March respectively, will not take place.

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