'Want no part in it' - Bolton Wanderers' League One competitors seek to ditch iFollow streaming

Accrington chairman Andy Holt has informed the EFL that Stanley no longer wish to participate in the iFollow streaming platform.

Bolton Wanderers are in the same division as Stanley in League One and are due to play the Wham Stadium club away on Saturday, October 22, in the upcoming campaign. Wanderers will host Accrington on Saturday, April 1.

Wanderers supporters and those of other clubs up and down the Championship, League One and League Two became very much accustomed to watching matches via the service in the 2020/21 campaign. It was down to the action taking place largely behind closed doors owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Streaming has now returned to essentially a pre-pandemic level and the measures that were in place before then. Games which kick-off at 3pm on Saturdays are blacked out for a domestic audience, but can be streamed by international viewers.

Midweek evening games in EFL competitions can be streamed if clubs agree to do so. Matches taking place on Saturdays not kicking off at 3pm that had not been chosen for broadcasting by Sky Sports can also be shown on iFollow.

But posting a letter on Twitter sent to EFL chairman Rick Parry, Holt has said that Accrington do not wish to continue with iFollow and has asked the league to cease offering streams with of the club's games with immediate effect. Though Holt approves of streaming as a collective, he does not agree with the current iFollow model and how revenue is distributed, suggesting how this could be changed and mirror how proceeds with physical match day tickets or collective TV money is handed out.

He wrote: "I write to inform you that ASFC wants