Brentford confirm positive virus test
A MEMBER of staff at Brentford returned one of eight positive coronavirus tests spread between six different clubs in the last week of testing at Championship level.
The west London side, who take on Fulham when the second tier restarts on Saturday, did not confirm whether the individual was a player or not.
The eight positives came from a total of 2,213 people connected to the 24 clubs.
There were no positive tests at Huddersfield Town, who restart their season at home to Wigan on Saturday.
There were four positive tests returned at League One level, where four teams have begun preparing for the play-offs which start on July 3.
The four tests came from two of those clubs, with 254 individuals at third tier level tested. There were no positive tests among the four League Two clubs, who kick off their play-off competition on Thursday evening.
In total, 174 players and club staff were tested in the fourth tier.
Those who have tested positive must now self-isolate in line with the EFL’s guidelines, and will not be able to re-enter their club’s training facility until they have returned a negative test.
■■ENGLAND will open their Euro 2020 campaign against Croatia on June 13, 2021 at Wembley.
UEFA has announced a new fixture list for the tournament, which was postponed by 12 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
England’s second Group D fixture, against a play-off winning team to be determined, will follow on June 18, with the final group game against the Czech Republic on June 22.
All England’s group fixtures will be played at London’s Wembley Stadium, with UEFA president
Aleksander Ceferin confirming that all 12 original host cities for the tournament will stage matches next summer.
Wembley is also due to host the semi-finals and final of the tournament.
The tournament is due to begin on June 11 when Turkey face Italy.
Wales’ opening fixture is against Switzerland in Baku on June 12 before they face Turkey on June 16 in the same city, and Italy in Rome on June 20. Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic are all hoping to reach the tournament via the qualifying play-offs.