our sports correspondent mike bushell is at tranmere rovers.happened there is having a huge impact on sports fans and the industry, isn't it, mike? yes, absolutely, tranmere rovers were due to play lincoln city here this afternoon in what would have been a crucial match for them as they try to fight and avoid relegation from league 1. but, like all other elite british football match is now around the country, they are all off until april the 11th at the earliest and this action was taken after we started to hear about managers and players being directly affected by the coronavirus. the premier league will hold a further meeting this afternoon and after that more details should emerge but it will prove costly to clubs especially lower down the division, like tranmere rovers, who has to make just one cancelled home game will cost them over £35,000. it's really what happens next to it is also very concerning for them. what if the suspension is extended into the late summer, what if the season doesn't end at all? that's also a concern for the club

this would be where fans normally gather on a much day at tranmere rovers. to play lincoln city, a crucial game, they are third from bottom in league one. they have won their last three league games so they were on a bit ofa league games so they were on a bit of a role. you know what it is like winsport, the momentum, it was crucial to keep going for them but now there will be the break for everybody. the efl in particular working not to have matches played behind closed doors. we have the pitch under the lights this morning. the problem would have been, i guess, for clubs playing behind closed doors was losing the revenue from the crowds on match days like this. so the premier league matches, the efl matches are all off until the efl matches are all off until the third and fourth of april. not just that, but in rugby union the decision was made yesterday to finally call off the wales and scotla nd finally call off the wales and scotland six nations game. so all the final round of six nations matches are all off until, potentially, it could be the autumn whe

it's a saturday but there will be no football here at league 0ne's tranmere rovers or around the country protect people with special care needs. i'm very worried. because as it stands if they were to

one of those clubs is league one side tranmere rovers, who should have been hosting lincoln city at prentonecutive, mark palios has been telling mike bushell the postponement of fixtures was no surprise. to me, it was the next logical step, and as soon as players started to fall away and squads started to fall away, you then get into destroying the sporting integrity of the league itself as a competition. as a consequence, it was only a small step to get into a position where they made a decision such as this, which was to postpone the league and give it a chance to see if it could be finished towards the end of april, the end of may, etc. for us, it's the thick end of £300,000 if we don't play games — that includes tickets and food and beverages. we have the international and the college too, so we might lose another 150, depending how it goes. so it could be 500,000 if it goes into the summer. you were telling me the plan was to relay the pitch this summer, so it's notjust financial, it's practical things? relaying the pitch is costly, we had not planned for that. we need about 12 weeks t

one of those clubs is league one side, tranmere rovers, who should have been hosting lincoln city atrnoon. owner and former fa chief executive, mark palios has been telling mike bushell the postponement of fixtures was no surprise. to me, it was the next logical step, and as soon as players started —— for us, it is the thick end of £300,000. we have got the international and the college, so we might lose another 150, depending how long it goes on for, if it goes on to the summer. it will be about 500,000. you have been telling us that they want to re—lay the pitch this summer. it is notjust financial things but practical things. financially, having to relay your pitch is financially costly. we had not planned for that, practically as well, we need about 12 weeks to construct the pitch and isa 12 weeks to construct the pitch and is a right at the end of the season, the 27th of april, we were going to be out taking up the pitch and putting a new one on. they are the practical difficulties that people don'tjust see. because of the derby on monday, i was hearing you would be getting a lo

one of those clubs is the league one side, tranmere rovers, who should have been hosting lincoln city telling mike bushell the postponement of fixtures was no surprise. to me, it was the next logical step, and as soon as players started to fall away and squads started to fall away, you then get into destroying the sporting integrity of the league itself is a competition. as a consequence, it was only a small step to get into a position where they made a decision such as this, which was to postpone at the league and give it a chance to see if it could be finished towards the end of april, the end of march, the end of may, etc. for us, it is thousands of pounds if we don't play games, that includes tickets and food and beverage. we have the college, so we might lose another hundred and 50, depending how it goes. but goes into the summer. you were telling me the plan was to relay the pitch this summer, plan was to relay the pitch this summer, so plan was to relay the pitch this summer, so it is notjust financial, it is practical things? relaying the picture above is costly, we had not pl