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League One's crunch meeting ends in DEADLOCK after no breakthrough in talks over how to end season... as clubs get set to meet again next week

Daily Mail | May 15, 2020

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The League One meeting on Friday concluded with no definitive agreement between the clubs on ending the season now amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The 23 clubs gathered via conference call at 9.30am on Friday morning for their weekly meeting, but were unable to come to a united position and will convene again early next week.

Six third-tier clubs - Fleetwood, Ipswich, Oxford, Peterborough, Portsmouth, and Sunderland - said on Thursday that they were opposed to ending the season now on a points-per-game basis.

League One clubs are no closer to an agreement over the way to finish the 2019-20 campaign

Peterborough owner Darragh MacAnthony tweeted on Thursday evening: 'We as a collective are United in our goal to finish this season.

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