Coronavirus outbreak means second Lincoln City match is postponed

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

Published: March 31 2021 | 16:38

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."

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Birmingham City Birmingham	35	25	7	3	58	23	35	82
2	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe	35	19	11	5	61	33	28	68
3	Wrexham	36	20	8	8	50	30	20	68
4	Charlton Athletic Charlton	36	18	9	9	47	31	16	63
5	Stockport County Stockport	36	17	11	8	52	34	18	62
6	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	36	18	6	12	59	54	5	60
7	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	36	17	7	12	47	33	14	58
8	Reading	36	16	10	10	51	45	6	58
9	Leyton Orient	36	16	5	15	51	37	14	53
10	Barnsley	36	15	7	14	50	51	-1	52
11	Blackpool	36	12	15	9	54	48	6	51
12	Stevenage	36	13	9	14	34	37	-3	48
13	Lincoln City Lincoln	36	12	10	14	48	45	3	46
14	Rotherham United Rotherham	35	12	8	15	39	41	-2	44
15	Wigan Athletic Wigan	35	11	10	14	32	34	-2	43
16	Exeter City Exeter	35	12	7	16	39	50	-11	43
17	Bristol Rovers	36	12	6	18	39	55	-16	42
18	Mansfield Town Mansfield	36	11	8	17	41	50	-9	41
19	Northampton Town Northampton	36	10	11	15	36	53	-17	41
20	Peterborough United Peterborough	35	10	9	16	52	60	-8	39
21	Burton Albion	36	7	12	17	36	53	-17	33
22	Crawley Town Crawley	36	7	9	20	38	66	-28	30
23	Cambridge United Cambridge	36	7	8	21	35	60	-25	29
24	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury	36	7	7	22	34	60	-26	28

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