Blackpool and Fleetwood Town to vote on whether League One season should be curtailed after EFL proposals are ratified

The EFL has revealed its 71 clubs "overwhelmingly agreed" to adopt the board's new regulations, which will see league placings decided by the unweighted points-per-game method.

Clubs in each division will now vote later today on whether to end the season and not fulfill the remaining fixtures.

Championship clubs are expected to plough ahead, with a return date of June 20 already pencilled in.

But clubs in League One and League Two are likely to vote in favour of ending the season early.

Should this occur, Blackpool will finish in 13th position while Fleetwood Town will finish in sixth but more crucially, inside the play-off spots.

The play-offs, which will include four teams despite calls to expand them, will go ahead as planned with promotion and relegation being retained in all three divisions.

Fleetwood will take on Wycombe Wanderers across two legs while Oxford United will face Portsmouth.

Coventry City and Rotherham United will be promoted automatically to the Championship while Bolton Wanderers, Southend United and Tranmere Rovers will drop down to League Two.

Further proposals were submitted by Barnsley and Tranmere, while amendments to the EFL's proposals were put forward by Lincoln City, Stevenage and Ipswich Town.

However, the 71 member clubs opted to go with the EFL's original plans.

EFL chair Rick Parry, said: “Whilst it has always remained the board’s position to play the remainder of the season where possible, the decision reached at today’s meeting follows a full and considered consultation period with our member clubs.

"The board has endeavoured to listen to all views and alternative approaches but understands that the decisions taken will not be met with universal satisfaction from all clubs.

“Today’s outcome ensures that the League and its clubs remains as faithful as possible to the previously agreed regulations and that there is consistency in the approach adopted across the EFL in all divisions if required.

“It is clear that the challenges facing the League from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic are unprecedented and I thank the contribution of EFL clubs in making this important determination.”