Coronavirus outbreak means second Lincoln City match is postponed

The Imps' Easter programme of fixtures will now take place at a later date.

PA | 31 March 2021

Lincoln have had a second League One fixture called off due to a coronavirus outbreak at the club.

The Imps' game with MK Dons on Good Friday had already been postponed after the latest round of testing found three positive test results and with the club having to shut its training centre for 10 days, Tuesday's match with Charlton is also now off.

The club said in a statement: "Following yesterday's announcement, we are able to confirm that the Soper of Lincoln Elite Performance Centre will be closed for 10 days.

"This closure has now resulted in the postponement of the club's upcoming fixtures versus MK Dons and Charlton Athletic.

"Whilst the club is naturally disappointed in its inability to fulfil the fixtures, the primary concern is the safety and wellbeing of its staff, players and opponents.

"News on the rearranged dates for the postponed fixtures will be communicated in due course and until that point, in the interest of medical privacy, the club will be making no further comment."

The EFL, who confirmed on Tuesday that 71 of the 72 clubs had returned no positive tests for coronavirus, are investigating the circumstances of the outbreak.

The governing body said in a statement: "Following the suspension of Lincoln City's Sky Bet League One fixture against MK Dons the club's subsequent fixture against Charlton Athletic, due to take place on Tuesday 6 April, has also been suspended.

There have been three positive cases at the League One club (Zac Goodwin/PA)

"The club informed the EFL that they would be unable to fulfil the fixture following a number of recent positive Covid-19 tests and the requirement for players and staff to self-isolate as per EFL and Government guidance in order to mitigate against the spread of further infection.

"The circumstances surrounding the postponement will now be subject of an EFL investigation in accordance with EFL regulations.

"A revised date for the fixture will be confirmed in due course."

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Portsmouth	46	28	13	5	78	41	37	97
P	Derby County Derby	46	28	8	10	78	37	41	92
3	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	46	25	12	9	86	51	35	87
4	Peterborough United Peterborough	46	25	9	12	89	61	28	84
5	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	22	11	13	79	56	23	77
6	Barnsley	46	21	13	12	82	64	18	76
7	Lincoln City Lincoln	46	20	14	12	65	40	25	74
8	Blackpool	46	21	10	15	65	48	17	73
9	Stevenage	46	19	14	13	57	46	11	71
10	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe	46	17	14	15	60	55	5	65
11	Leyton Orient	46	18	11	17	53	55	-2	65
12	Wigan Athletic Wigan	46	20	10	16	63	56	7	62
13	Exeter City Exeter	46	17	10	19	46	61	-15	61
14	Northampton Town Northampton	46	17	9	20	57	66	-9	60
15	Bristol Rovers	46	16	9	21	52	68	-16	57
16	Charlton Athletic Charlton	46	11	20	15	64	65	-1	53
17	Reading	46	16	11	19	68	70	-2	53
18	Cambridge United Cambridge	46	12	12	22	39	61	-22	48
19	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury	46	13	9	24	35	67	-32	48
20	Burton Albion	46	12	10	24	39	67	-28	46
R	Cheltenham Town Cheltenham	46	12	8	26	41	65	-24	44
R	Fleetwood Town Fleetwood	46	10	13	23	49	72	-23	43
R	Port Vale	46	10	11	25	41	74	-33	41
R	Carlisle United Carlisle	46	7	9	30	41	81	-40	30

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