2020 has had a less than desirable first three months, to say the least. And it has just got even worse.
With just nine games remaining for the remainder of the Sky Bet League Two season, the EFL have made the decision to postpone all fixtures until the 4th of April 2020. This means that Bradford City will have to wait to play four decisive games; Leyton Orient, Port Vale, Macclesfield Town and Exeter City.
The coronavirus outbreak has already heavily affected the world, having heavily infected several countries such as Italy and of course China and is beginning to spread further and further into England, having already taken six lives. Not only that but the virus has began to affect the footballing world; with Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, Juventus' Daniele Rugani and Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis all testing positive for the coronavirus, sparking the EFL and Premier League's decision to ban all competitive football for the time being.
In my own respective opinion, I believe this is firmly the right decision which should have been made earlier as the European countries had already done so to avoid the vast spreading of the virus.
It was also heavily rumoured that the EFL would make the decision to televise games on iFollow whilst having the games played behind closed doors. The rumour continued that these games would be free to watch for season ticket holders and that the fans would have to pay a reduced price to watch the games as a one off. Whilst this would've continued the season and not enforced the decision to extend it further than its originally planned end date, the football clubs would have heavily suffered, losing lots of ticket and sponsorship revenue. There was speculation that some clubs however would not be able to survive the change- such as the likes of Macclesfield Town and Tranmere Rovers- and would therefore suffer at the result of this decision.
Bradford had already made actions to tackle the coronavirus spreading, by having doctors consults players and staff at the Woodhouse Grove training complex and offering advice to help them to better understand how to avoid the virus. For example by constantly washing their hands after eating, coughing or sneezing, as well as to also try and avoid touching your face; and if you do, to wash your hands. The Bantams also agreed to follow the government's advice in dealing with the situation closely and that they would act in line with it.
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