Cardiff City have been told they must win their league clash with Rotherham.

The Football League decision means the Bluebirds’ 1-0 lead in the game, which was controversially abandoned after 48 minutes, is over.

Jaydon Filogen put Cardiff in front in a decisive battle between two teams looking to avoid relegation to League One before the match was abandoned by the referee after torrential rain.

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Cardiff is known to have made a strong case to EFL bosses that they believe the Rotherham ground team had failed to persevere in clearing the pitch of water and resuming play. They provided a large amount of video evidence to support their claims.

Bluebirds fans were outraged by what happened that day, some calling it a hoax.

The League pecking order weighed what Cardiff had to say but ultimately decided they would set too great a precedent to award the Bluebirds the three points or restart the game in the 49th minute, with Sabri Lamouchi’s side keeping one: the lead goal .

Cardiff vehemently insisted that any of these options be exercised.

Instead, Cardiff and Rotherham need to find a suitable date for their rescheduled match, with the Bluebirds already taking April.

The most obvious date, and perhaps the only one available, seems to be Tuesday 25th April, between Cardiff’s home game against Stoke last Saturday and the trip to play Neil Warnock’s Huddersfield team next weekend. week.

An alternative could be in early May, after the Huddersfield clash, as the last round of the league has been moved to the bank holiday on Monday 8 May. Cardiff travel to Burnley that day for the final league game. But the May date would be a last resort.

The League challenge means Lamouche and his team face a hectic April fixture period and must squeeze eight games into a 29-day window. However, they will be hoping their Championship status will be secure when they are forced to return to Rotherham.

The league said in a teatime statement on Thursday: “In relation to this particular match, the matter has been referred to the EFL Council in accordance with the EFL Regulations at the request of the clubs concerned.

“The EFL board considered the clubs’ submissions, taking into account factors such as added time (48 minutes) and time remaining in the match, as well as different circumstances of the game if the match had resumed from that point. . rescheduled date.

“In dealing with these matters, the League seeks to reconcile previous cases where matches were suspended due to the weather and could not be resumed.

“The new date of the match will be announced by the clubs in due course.”

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