MORE FROM AFC WIMBLEDON - LEAGUE ONE, NEW STADIUM, NEWS MAY 2020

No professional sport, even behind closed doors, will be staged in England until 1 June at the earliest, the UK government has announced. So we will have to wait till next month to see if there's any chance of a conclusion to our season in League One. The government has published a 50-page guidance document detailing how England will begin to ease lock down measures. Step two of that plan - which will not be allowed to start before 1 June - includes "permitting cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed doors for broadcast, while avoiding the risk of large-scale social contact". The government's current aim is to introduce step two of its plan on 1 June but only if sufficient progress is made in "successfully controlling the spread of the virus" and the lifting of restrictions could be delayed.
League One Update?
An EFL Board meeting on Wednesday will be followed by a meeting of all Championship clubs - then another involving the 47 clubs from the bottom two leagues. Scrapping the rest of the season in Leagues One / Two is likely to be the most significant topic for discussion in another week of key meetings in the Football League. It is not certain the leagues will be formally ended this week as there are a number of issues that will need to be resolved, not least surrounding promotion and relegation, and the EFL is adamant no decision about the rest of the season has been made. 

New Stadium update, New Plough Lane.

Recent view of the work on the new stadium site has become easier on the eye recently with the grass starting to grow at Plough Lane as the picture here and that at the top of this page begin to show progress continuing. These recent pictures show the pitch taking shape and you can also see progress being made inside the stadium. The season should have ended now of course, and our fate in League One would have been known but as we write this update the uncertainty remains about how much longer the season can be put on hold due to the Coronavirus crisis. At least with these signs of progress at Plough Lane and the prospect of being back at our spiritual home provides a ray of light at the end of a dark tunnel.
Signings, departures, anything...
I've heard that the first team squad will have 14 players out of contract by 30th June. Therefore we were always likely to see a fair number of changes in the summer transfer window however whether we will be able to make wholesale changes in the current climate is unknown. We've been relying on using loan goalkeepers for a few seasons now so unclear if we will keep either of Nathan Trott [West Ham] or Joe Day [Cardiff City] both having been signed till end of the current season leaving us with no first choice having also let Nik Tzanev out on loan to Sutton United. Will be interesting to see how our Irish winger Dylan Connolly fairs upon his return from a loan spell with Bradford City. Of the others who have been on loan this season striker Tommy Wood might be one to look at next season if his period with Tonbridge Angels has been productive.