EFL board meeting LIVE: Portsmouth, Sunderland and Coventry to receive latest on season while chairman offers hope when fans may return to Fratton

The EFL board will again meet today to discuss the conclusion to the League One season.
By Will Rooney
Published 27th May 2020, 08:51 BST
Updated 27th May 2020, 15:01 BST
Fratton Park. Picture: Joe PeplerFratton Park. Picture: Joe Pepler
Fratton Park. Picture: Joe Pepler

Last week, the league laid out its framework for how the 2019-20 campaign could be completed.

While the EFL want to fulfil remaining fixtures, it has confirmed the season could be curtailed if 51 per cent of clubs agreed to it, with league positions deciding by a points-per-game method.

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Promotion and relegation will go ahead, with a traditional four-team play-offs. That would see Pompey finish fifth and face Oxford in the semi-finals, although chief executive Mark Catlin wants to play out the season.

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