While many National League clubs played on in spite of the Premier League, the Football League and the Women's Super League suspending playing activities, Torquay United's fixture away to Boreham Wood was postponed.
The decision was made in light of the news that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was diagnosed with COVID-19 and due to the Wood's strong links with the Gunners - Arsenal's Under-23 and women's teams both use the Wood's Meadow Park - the decision was made to postpone the Gulls' trip to Hertfordshire.
Although Arteta hadn't visited Meadow Park for some time, several of his backroom staff who have come into contact with Arteta had been present at Meadow Park recently to attend Gunners' development and youth team games, so the decision was made to postpone United's visit along with the Arsenal Under-23's PL2 meeting with their Tottenham Hotspur counterparts and Arsenal women's WSL encounter with Spurs' Ladies.
United boss Gary Johnson described the decision as 'absolutely the right decision in the circumstances' before adding: "The only thing I can't understand is how come we are the only league that needs to be playing."
Out of the six games which did go ahead in the National League the pick of them was arguably in-form Notts County's 4-0 win over Eastleigh, but Spitfires manager Ben Strevens was very critical of the decision to play the fixture.
"The reason it went ahead is because whoever sits on the board of the National League just cared about the money," said Strevens. "There is no way whatsoever that the games should have been played. By Monday all of the games will be stopped, 100% they will."
The National League Board due to meet again on Monday afternoon to discuss whether to follow the precedent already set by the Premier League, the Football League and the Women's Super League - who have suspended all fixtures until April 3rd.
It is also widely expected that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reverse the decision to ban public gatherings which attract crowds of 500 or more, which itself would force the National League, along with National League's North and South into hibernation.
