Crawley's opening game in League One against Coventry City at Broadfield Stadium tomorrow will go ahead despite the Sky Blues being poised to go into liquidation.
Coventry had a creditors' meeting this morning where it was hoped a CVA agreement would be signed to bring the club out of administration.
The meeting lasted just ten minutes after Arena Coventry Limited, who own the Ricoh Arena, rejected a £590,000 offer from Coventry City FC Ltd to settle their outstanding debts.
That forced the company that owns Coventry into liquidation although it is understood the football club will continue to operate.
The Football League have confirmed that Coventry will start the season with a ten-point deduction. They also suffered a ten-point penalty last season when they went into administration.
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