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10 September 2023

Call-off glut raises valid questions
IT HASN’T been the busiest weekend of EFL action, has it?
With it being the first international break of the season, Championship games were automatically called off.
However, we hoped there would be a decent programme of games in Leagues One and Two. In the event, there was almost a full round of games in the fourth tier but only two matches went ahead in League One.
EFL rules allow clubs to postpone their games if they have three or more players called up for their national teams, and it really hit hard in the third tier this time aroun...

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