A number of decisions have been taken on the short-term future of English football this week, following meetings on Monday.

As we covered on Monday, the Premier League clubs held a meeting to discuss a potential postponement of the festive fixtures.

The Premier League have since confirmed their plan is to continue with the current fixture schedule wherever possible.

Postponements will continue to be judged on a case-by-case basis.

On that note, the guidelines are now a little more clear for postponements, with clubs told 13 outfielders and a goalkeeper is enough to avoid one.

If a team has fewer available than that, u21s with first-team experience have to step in. If they still don’t have enough, the game will be called off.

Hopefully, that should help with consistency throughout the league.

Another decision is the removal of third and fourth-round FA Cup replays for this season. Given all Premier League fixtures are going ahead, this is a good way to ensure we avoid further congestion.

The other key piece of news is going to be less popular. There’s reportedly an increasing belief that games may be set to go behind closed doors next week.

If that’s the case, all games would at least be shown on TV.

But taking games behind closed doors is going to be up to the government. The Premier League have made their decisions for now, and they’re going to reassess the situation in two weeks.