{"id":551625,"date":"2020-05-15T11:07:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T15:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=551625"},"modified":"2020-05-15T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T15:07:28","slug":"clubs-vote-to-end-league-two-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/05\/15\/clubs-vote-to-end-league-two-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Clubs Vote to Finish League Two Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clubs have voted to bring an end to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/05\/08\/report-league-one-and-league-two-seasons-to-be-declared-over-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">League Two<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is now waiting on approval from both the EFL and Football Association.<\/p>\n<h2>2019\/20 League Two Season Will Not Continue<\/h2>\n<h3>Collective Decision<\/h3>\n<p>The decision has come about after a discussion between the teams in the fourth tier and the English Football League.<\/p>\n<p>The football season has been postponed since March due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The league is set to be decided through the use of a points-per-game method.<\/p>\n<p>But there have been plans to still include The play-off. This will still use a two-legged format and of course the final.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s still undecided how other divisions, including League One, will decide their seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Sides in the third tier, most notably those going for promotion, have gone against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/05\/14\/coronavirus-league-one-clubs-ppg-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concluding the season,<\/a> and have insisted on playing out the rest of their fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Talks will continue on Monday between the EFL and the League One clubs.<\/p>\n<p>It means clubs at both ends of League Two will be awaiting their fates.<\/p>\n<h3>How Does Points-Per-Game Work and Affect clubs?<\/h3>\n<p>Points-Per-Game is where the average points total is taken from both home and away games that a side has played in a season. This PPG system will then be used on clubs remaining fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>This will take away any factors such as if a club has played more, or less, than a side in the league.<\/p>\n<p>The Top three has finished with Crewe Alexandra on top, with Swindon Town and Plymouth Argyle occupying the final automatic promotion places.<\/p>\n<p>Exeter, Cheltenham Town, Colchester and Northampton Town all finished in the play-off places.<\/p>\n<p>By using PPG, it would mean The Robins would end the season as Champions, while Cheltenham would leapfrog Exeter into fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, PPG wouldn&#8217;t help Stevenage. They would remain bottom of the Football League. However, the Hertfordshire side would avoid relegation to the National League.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"5RMyT1tHRoVEi_1PGwNnRA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1213561726\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'5RMyT1tHRoVEi_1PGwNnRA',sig:'frprvj2LfYROor6GV4wI4JVy6cU1d7p8Tv3QxDo0dfY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1213561726',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clubs have voted to bring an end to the League Two season. The proposal is now waiting on approval from both the EFL and Football Association. 2019\/20 League Two Season Will Not Continue Collective Decision The decision has come about after a discussion between the teams in the fourth tier and the English Football League. 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