{"id":576791,"date":"2020-12-31T09:53:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T14:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=576791"},"modified":"2020-12-31T09:53:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T14:53:34","slug":"fleetwood-town-postpone-next-two-games-following-covid-19-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/31\/fleetwood-town-postpone-next-two-games-following-covid-19-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleetwood Town Postpone Next Two Games Following Covid-19 Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fleetwood Town have confirmed that their next two games against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/19\/ipswich-town-boss-paul-lambert-among-six-positive-coronavirus-tests\/\" target=\"_self\">Ipswich Town<\/a> on Monday and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland<\/a> the following Saturday have been postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak at the club. League One has suffered in recent weeks with many games being suspended due to outbreaks of the virus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/31\/2021-could-see-a-new-sunderland-begin-to-emerge\/\" target=\"_self\"> Sunderland<\/a> will now have seen five of their games suspended with many other clubs also suffering. A fixture pile-up is now expected with clubs expected to play many fixtures in a short space of time in order to complete the season.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Covid-19 Forces Fleetwood Town to Postpone Two Games<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Club Statement<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/24\/fleetwood-cleared-of-alleged-racist-remark\/\" target=\"_self\">Fleetwood<\/a> Town issued a statement via their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fleetwoodtownfc.com\/news\/2020\/december\/ipswich-and-sunderland-games-suspended\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> official club website<\/a> to announce the news to fans and media alike: &#8220;Fleetwood Town\u2019s next two Sky Bet League One fixtures, against Ipswich Town (Monday 4 January) and Sunderland (Saturday 9 January) have been suspended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Club has advised the EFL that it is unable to fulfil the fixtures following several positive COVID-19 tests and the requirement for players and staff to self-isolate as per EFL and government guidance in order to mitigate against the risk of further infection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The circumstances surrounding the postponement will now be the subject of an investigation in accordance with EFL Regulations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Revised dates for the rearranged fixtures will be confirmed in due course.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Widespread Covid Testing to Begin Next Week<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>As of 4th January, widespread testing throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/31\/football-transfer-news-host-of-efl-clubs-chasing-crawley-towns-max-watters\/\" target=\"_self\">EFL<\/a> will begin. Cases throughout the football league have been on the rise over the past several weeks with many games having to be postponed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/29\/football-transfer-rumours-duncan-watmore\/\" target=\"_self\">EFL<\/a> does not currently test players on a regular basis, unlike the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Over 40 games have now been suspended in the past month due to Covid-19 outbreaks. However, the EFL are confident that they can cope with the ever-increasing number of games being postponed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"qBIViZNNQmRXLpqdM5-Z-A\" 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\/1139589281\" 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:'qBIViZNNQmRXLpqdM5-Z-A',sig:'tuaEM-M1lWP61-tUOgqusNEEmPaUCAzbyoaVfD78hns=',w:'594px',h:'376px',items:'1139589281',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>Covid-19 has struck again in the EFL. 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