Peterborough United director condemns EFL after club’s promotion hopes are dashed

The 2019-20 League One season was predictably curtailed this afternoon and a points-per-game average applied to determine final positions.

Posh finish the shortened season in seventh place and miss out on the play-offs.

It’s understood clubs voted 19-4 against continuing the season with only Posh, Sunderland, Ipswich and Tranmere voting to carry on.

“The EFL have been a disgrace throughout this process,” Fry said. “Just last week they arranged for four clubs they knew were going to be in the play-offs to be tested for coronavirus. They did this before today’s vote and those clubs had returned to training before today’s vote. How on earth can that be right? What on earth was the point of today’s vote when the EFL knew what the result would be?

“The whole thing has been a farce, They’ve not taken into account home form or the fixtures teams had left. They’ve promoted teams and put teams into the play-offs in a very dubious way.

“If this is what they wanted, why didn’t they just say so instead of letting it drag out unnecessarily? I’m astonished they have let this play out as they have.

“We’ve been cheated. I feel so sorry for the chairman, the board, the manager and especially the fans. We set our stall out to win promotion this season and we felt we still had a great chance to achieve it.”

Posh co-owners Darragh MacAnthony and Dr Jason Neale represented Posh at today’s virtual meeting. MacAnthony is booked to appear on Sky Sports at 9am tomorrow (June 10).