Two National League clubs express concern at season vote

The National League has advised that all clubs approve a proposal to cancel all remaining fixtures.

If clubs agree then they will then be asked to vote again to determine the outcomes of the season.

Chesterfield have already returned their voting form to the National League and gone along with the recommendation that all fixtures up to and including April 25 should be cancelled.

Clubs have until May 7 to cast their votes.

It has emerged that both Notts County and Yeovil Town, who are both in the play-offs, have expressed concern at having to vote.

Yeovil chairman, Scott Priestnall, said: “I am extremely disappointed.

“I don’t think this situation has been thought through properly in that we actually don’t know what we are voting on. If we potentially vote to end the season we don’t know what the ramifications of that might be.

“Are we then going to vote on promotion, relegation and play-offs? - it’s mooted that’s a possibility. Are we going to retain the existing places that we have got? There’s so many things that are unanswered in this current situation.

“Our position is that we don’t want to vote at all and we’ll be certainly lobbying to get this motion amended so that we are actually voting on the real outcome of the season rather than an immediate outcome of the season.”

He added: “I think it should be left to the FA and the National League to decide what they think should happen. I don’t think it should come down to club level because simply clubs are going to vote for what is right for them and I think we should be voting for what’s right for all clubs and the integrity of the league in general.”

County have also written to the National League asking for the motion to be scrapped over the uncertainty of what will happen to promotions, relegations and play-offs.