A player with Stevenage FC has tested positive for Covid.

The League Two club had a player report with mild coronavirus symptoms on Thursday and was tested immediately.

The unnamed player is currently self-isolating in-line with government guidelines.

The Lamex outfit immediately cancelled its travel plans for Alex Revell's and his squad to travel to their clash with Bradford City on Saturday, and tested all players and first team staff.

The club confirmed results from the tests will be 'known and acted upon first thing tomorrow morning, in consultation with the EFL.'

In light of the positive test by one of his players, Stevenage supremo Phil Wallace has called for clarity and support with regards to testing players for Covid.

"What we have been told to do – only test players and management with symptoms – might have been acceptable when numbers were low," he explained, adding: "But things have changed and when it happens in your club, you feel an obligation to test everyone, if only to reassure them.

"But what do we do if another individual reports with symptoms on Monday – test everyone all over again? This isn't the right way and nor is only testing symptomatic players. The EFL simply can't leave it to clubs to decide who gets tested and who doesn't for all sorts of fairly obvious reasons.

"With what's in front of us, I believe we have to find a way to get weekly testing funded. This virus is here to stay so each and every one of our players will probably catch it at some point. If we test on a specific day each week, we have a chance of managing the spread within our squads.

"We may have to accept that certain lads are missing for two weeks once a season, but that is something we all live with every game in terms of injuries.

"The key issue is who pays for it. Lower league clubs will be on their knees come the end of this year with no income from crowds. Survival is by no means certain for a large number of these clubs. Yet we all continue to pay player wages whilst we play behind closed doors, in the spirit of our agreement with our players and the PFA."

See Nub News and the Stevenage website for further information regarding the test results and whether Saturday's match will go ahead.