Cheltenham v Grimsby (Postponed - Confirmed Covid Case)

[Chorley Hibee]

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11769/12081656/cheltenham-vs-grimsby-suspended-due-to-positive-coronavirus-cases

Game postponed due to one confirmed case, and all Grimsby players to enter isolation as per medical advice.

How do Scottish games get to go ahead in the same circumstances then?

[CentreLine]

Probably a different degree of exposure. Scottish sides have had to demonstrate distancing, maybe these sides couldn’t do that

[B.H.F.C]

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11769/12081656/cheltenham-vs-grimsby-suspended-due-to-positive-coronavirus-cases

Game postponed due to one confirmed case, and all Grimsby players to enter isolation as per medical advice.

How do Scottish games get to go ahead in the same circumstances then?

English games go ahead as well. Happened with Man City and West Ham this week. And happens all over Europe.

Are teams at that level having to follow the same testing protocols etc?

[Blaster]

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11769/12081656/cheltenham-vs-grimsby-suspended-due-to-positive-coronavirus-cases

Game postponed due to one confirmed case, and all Grimsby players to enter isolation as per medical advice.

How do Scottish games get to go ahead in the same circumstances then?

I don’t believe the Lower English leagues are testing

[Chorley Hibee]

I don’t believe the Lower English leagues are testing

Upon further inspection I see that you're right.

[Eyrie]

I'd hope the SPFL has a policy in place to deal with such events, because they will happen, and any policy needs to be in place in advance before teams have a corner to fight.

The obvious policy is to rearrange a game but since there are very few spare fixture dates a fall back position is needed eg matches treated as 3-0 win to the other team, as a 0-0 draw or even not played and the league then decided based on average points.

Of course, it's the SPFL and even if Doncaster has thought through this the various clubs won't be able to agree on any proposal anyway.

[Scott Allan Key]

I don’t believe the Lower English leagues are testingThat's awfully irresponsible. That's a big failure. They shouldn't be going ahead in first place without testing.

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[CMurdoch]

That's awfully irresponsible. That's a big failure. They shouldn't be going ahead in first place without testing.

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Only the wealthy clubs can afford to pay the considerable cost of testing in the current climate of no fans.