Cobblers to start new Sky Bet League One season on September 12

The Cobblers will kick off the new Sky Bet League One season on the weekend of September 12.

By Jeremy Casey

Published 24th Jul 2020, 15:46 BST

Updated 24th Jul 2020, 15:50 BST

The Cobblers won the league two play-off final last month

The EFL confirmed the start date for leagues one, two and the championship on Friday.

The regular EFL season is scheduled to conclude on May 8 and 9, with the play-offs to follow and the finals played by the end of that month.

Work is currently underway in respect of full fixture scheduling and details will be announced in due course as to when the fixture lists for 2020/21 will be made available.

The Premier League will start on the same weekend as the EFL, but there was no news on whether or not the league season would be preceded by the first round of the Carabao Cup being played on September 5

The announcement means that the new season will start with games being played behind closed doors, but it is hoped that spectators could be set to return to venues on a socially-distanced basis from October 1.

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