Peterborough United’s Barry Fry fancied his side for automatic promotion until the coronavirus struck and you can see why looking at the remaining fixtures of their rivals

Barry Fry (right) with Posh chairman Darragh MacAnthony.

The final Posh fixtures looked favourable compared to their promotion rivals.

Fry said: “We liked our run-in, while Rotherham’s looked very hard. Wycombe had six away games left, Sunderland had five (of eight remaining games) and Doncaster had seven of their final 10 matches away from home.”

Remarkably Oxford United are third courtesy of a goal two minutes from time at Shrewsbury in the last match they played. That goal completed a comeback from 2-0 down against 10 men.

If Oxford hadn’t won that game they would eighth and outside the play-offs!”

Outstanding fixtures in League One table order...

1 Coventry P34 Pts 67

To play: Shrewsbury (h), Lincoln (a), Wycombe (h), Accrington (a), Posh (h), Gillingham (a), Oxford (h), Blackpool (a), Burton (h), Wimbledon (a),

2 Rotherham P35 Pts62

To play: Southend (h), Fleetwood (a), Gillingham (h), Wycombe (a), Portsmouth (h), Tranmere (a), Doncaster (h), Bolton (a), Sunderland (h)

3 Oxford P35 Pts 60

To play: MK Dons (h), Wycombe (a), Portsmouth (h), Rochdale (a). Bristol R (h), Coventry (a), Fleetwood (h), Tranmere (a), Bolton (h),

4 Portsmouth P35 Pts 60

To play: Accrington (h), Doncaster (h), Ipswich (a), Oxford (a), Rotherham (a), Blackpool (h), Southend (a), Bristol R (h), Burton (a),

5 Fleetwood P35 Pts 60

To play: Gillingham (a), Rotherham (h), Bolton (h), MK Dons (a), Accrington (a), Lincoln (h), Oxford (a), Tranmere (a), Southend (h),

6 Posh P35 Pts 59

To play: Bolton (a), Bristol R (h), Blackpool (h), Coventry (a), MK Dons (h), Sunderland (a), Shrewsbury (h), Rochdale (a),

Tranmere (h).

7 Sunderland P36 Pts 59

To play: Blackpool (a), Southend (a), Wimbledon (a), Shrewsbury (h), Posh (h),Burton (a), Accrington (h), Rotherham (a)

8 Wycombe P34 Pts 59

To play: Burton (a), Oxford (h), Coventry (a), Shrewsbury (a), Rotherham (h), Southend (a), Lincoln (a) Wimbledon (h), Gillingham (h), Accrington (a).