CREWE Alexandra boss David Artell does not expect any sanctions for today's game against Oxford United not going ahead.

The Sky Bet League One clash was postponed after the Railwaymen informed their opponents there had been a positive coronavirus test in the camp.

Artell felt they had done the "right thing morally", before saying they could have played and ended up spreading the virus to their opponents.

Despite suggestions they had known earlier in the day, United only discovered the issue after the visitors arrived at the Kassam Stadium.

After a long debate on the pitch, it was only called off after a Crewe official made the decision that they could not fulfil the fixture.

Alexandra had arrived intent to play the game, but United did not want to take any risks.

"Oxford, probably quite rightly said we don’t want to expose our players to that, which is fully understandable, because they don’t know how many are infected on our bus," Artell told BBC Radio Stoke.

"The EFL were saying they couldn’t call the game off, we had to.

"My understanding is there won’t be any sanctions for us as a club, or Oxford for taking the stance they’ve taken. I think it’s a sensible decision.

"I think it’s a reflection of what happens if you don’t test.

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"I’d like to think I’ve done the right thing morally, because I could have quite easily have played – and infected lots of Oxford players to make them potentially weaker for next week. I don’t want to do that.

"I think there’s a greater good that has to come about over and above football.

"It’s not natural because football is everything to a lot of us."

"I think it was the right thing to do. It’s a sensible decision all round. Why would we want to bring it to another part of the country?

"The boy in question is asymptomatic, we didn’t know he was having a test. He was having it because he’s got a young baby.

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"We’ll have a round of testing to make sure.

"We’ve followed all the guidelines – the temperature checks, the social distancing, the hand washing.

"We know we’re Covid-secure, but the disease is highly infectious."