It was done forever and a day in the old days, every Easter and Xmas being the obvious examples.

It isn't 'good practice' though and with player protection in mind the modern thinking is to not do it - it isn't a good look to be only thinking of your own circumstances though, whether it's us or them.

This years table is decided on points per game so playing the game is technically pointless in this situation.

I don't think it's pointless, as it's technically better to play and win that to not play at all. We are 11 wins from 16 games (68.75%). Were we to play Sheffield and win we'd be 12 wins from 17 (70.59%), the same as Fax.

Exactly. Doesn't make a massive difference to the percentage but it does affect it nevertheless. Guessing if percentages are identical then it would be decided on points difference which I'd expect Fax to have a higher figure than us without checking tables. But it would also give us a bigger cushion over Batley who are breathing down our necks, so percentage difference could decide who gets home advantage in playoff game.

Doesn't look like Aston is THAT concerned about player welfare as they're going to play thier game against York. Absolute farce clubs can decide who they're playing. Imagine if us and York were fighting it out for that last play-off spot!

In fairness to Sheffield, the operational rules state that games must be rearranged in the order they were postponed ie Sheffield’s game with York was called off before ours so they have to rearrange and play York before they can look at playing us.