CONFUSION continues to surround Barrow AFC's future after reports that League Two will be called off - all but guaranteeing the Bluebirds promotion - were rubbished.

Barrow awaits an English Football League ruling on how the EFL seasons will end as this will influence any decision affecting the National League.

An announcement could come today or tomorrow but in the meantime, speculation and counter-speculation has abounded.

Former FA chief executive Adrian Bevington told talkSPORT: “There is lots of noise coming out that League One and League Two will be called off.

“Ultimately if you’re a club in League One and League Two, how can you possibly sustain yourself financially over this period?

“With no gate revenue coming in, those clubs rely sorely on football through the gate and when they use hospitality areas during the week. So I wouldn’t be surprised if those two leagues are closed."

But Dale Vince, owner of League Two side Forest Green Rovers, said claims that Leagues One and Two will be abandoned this week were untrue.

“It contradicts what (EFL chairman)Rick Parry said to the select committee last week," he told talkSPORT.

“He said the integrity of the league was important, and it was important that we finished our seasons.

“He didn’t say just the Championship, he said the EFL.

“So I hope this is wrong and I think that it probably is wrong."

If the EFL season is abandoned, a points per game vote could decide promotion and relegation slots, with no play-offs taking place.

Sports website The Athletic said this was the preferred method for league clubs.

Under this method, Stevenage would stay bottom of League Two, despite Macclesfield receiving a seven-point reduction on Thursday for failing to fulfil a fixture or pay their players on time.

If the EFL does not finish its season, then Stevenage are likely to avoid the drop with only one team going up, which it is hoped would be top of the table Barrow.

This would restore the EFL to its full complement of 72 clubs, after Bury was expelled from the EFL following a collapsed takeover bid last summer.

National League clubs have already given their views on how their own season should end.

A number of clubs, including Barrow AFC, are keen to keep the play-off places which could mean promotion into the English Football League.

But a decision on how the football league will conclude is needed first.