Hull City call for ‘relaxing’ of rules over Covid-19 postponements
Despite 14 Tigers players testing positive for coronavirus on Friday, Monday’s game was only called off at 1pm, and a decision on tomorrow’s at Sheffield United is expected today, according to South Yorkshire Police.
Harrogate Town, Doncaster Rovers and Bradford City were also due to play tomorrow, but the Sulphurites’ match with Mansfield Town was called off yesterday, the other two at Cambridge United and Walsall respectively on December 23.
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Hide AdLike the Premier League, the Football League is determined to play as many games as possible during this Covid-19 spike to minimise disruption to the fixture list and television schedules but that maximises the chances of late call-offs leaving supporters inconvenienced and in many cases out of pocket.
Yesterday the Premier League announced a record 103 positive tests for players and staff in the week up to Boxing Day which led to the postponement of 15 matches, including both Leeds United’s post-Christmas fixtures.