SAFETY: Barrow manager Michael Jolley has been impressed by the club s measures Picture: Ben Pooley/MI News Barrow AFC and their fellow Football League clubs have been warned not to let their guard slip over Covid-19 – or risk the season being suspended. EFL chief executive Trevor Birch has written to all clubs reminding them of their responsibilities and the possible consequences of flouting the rules. While Barrow returned no positive Covid-19 results in last week’s mandatory testing, there have been a number of on and off-field incidents involving other clubs which have come in for criticism. Team celebrations and individual transgressions could put at risk the Government’s decision to allow “elite sport” to continue despite the national lockdown, Birch warned.
The Bluebirds were bidding to match their best unbeaten record since returning to the Football League. But Portsmouth loanee Recco Hackett-Fairchild’s third-minute goal separated the two sides in a relegation six-pointer. Barrow have not won at Southend for over 50 years as the ten-man basement boys’ recent revival continued with just one defeat in their last ten league games. Michael Jolley’s side remain outside the bottom two on goal difference. Jolley made a solitary change to the side which drew with Tranmere just before the New Year. Chris Taylor came straight back into the starting line-up following the birth of his child with Harrison Biggins forced to miss the game after his sending off last time out.
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