No positive samples were returned in the latest round of English Football League(EFL) coronavirus testing.
All 72 clubs recorded zero positive results for the first time in a year, a move that has definitely excited chief executive Trevor Birch.
Birch has described the results as “a testament to the hard work and efforts of all clubs”.
5,524 players and staff from the 72 clubs are currently being tested twice weekly as the EFL tries to work round the clock to ensure that fans get back to the stadium next season.
"Today's results are a testament to the hard work and efforts of all EFL clubs during what has been a particularly challenging period," said EFL chief executive Trevor Birch.
"For 12 months we, like the rest of the society, have been dictated to by this virus. However, the stringent protocols implemented across the board have ensured that we are now able to turn our attention to returning to a certain level of normality.
"Our focus must be on maintaining this low transmission rate and then ensure supporters can return in full as quickly as is safe to do so. Football remains one of the most heavily regulated areas of crowd management, with EFL clubs already demonstrating they can stage matches safely during a successful pilot programme earlier in the season."
There were 25 positive cases recorded in the previous week's testing, following a Covid outbreak at Rotherham.
Already plans are underway to have 10,000 fans attend the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley next month.
The British government is looking at one of the semis, to be played on the weekend of April 17-18, in addition to one horse racing meeting, as well as the FA Cup Final and World Snooker Championships, as the sporting occasions they want included in the pilots.
A list of 13 events to take place in April and May, which will span the arts and business as well as sport, is being compiled by officials.