FA decision on whether to null and void non-league seasons for second year running expected today

And it looks almost certain they will confirm the season has been terminated.

There have been numerous meetings involving FA and league officials since Monday, when the government announced how and when sport could return as the country comes out of lockdown.

PM Boris Johnson announced that outdoor sport could resume on March 29 but ruled that fans could not return to grounds before May 17 at the earliest.

With step three and four (Southern League level) clubs consistently having said they cannot operate without paying customers, that would appear to have dashed any lingering hopes there would be time to fit in enough games at that level to constitute a full season.

The FA have also said seasons at steps 3-6 level - as well as feeder leagues at step 7, such as the Hampshire Premier League Senior Division - will not be extended into June

The boards of the Isthmian, Southern and Northern leagues had already expressed the view - before a clubs' survey conducted in January - that they felt the season at their level of the game should be terminated.

The FA has also been asked to consider proposals from Project Non League - which suggests using results from the two unfinished seasons to work out points-per-game tables and promote the teams who have shown over that time they deserve it.

This would see US Portsmouth promoted to the Wessex League Premier Division, but the concept is thought unlikely to be accepted.

There has been talk of some leagues staging late-season cup competitions to give fans and players something to look forward to if leagues are scrapped, but nothing has been confirmed as yet.