Bristol Rovers’ League One rivals Wigan Athletic will start next season on -8 points after the Latics were hit with a second four-point penalty by the EFL.
Wigan will be in the third tier next season after finishing bottom of the Championship at the end of the 2022/23 campaign, but their desire to return to the division continues to look more challenging with increasing uncertainty around the financial future of the club.
Having been hit with a four-point penalty last week, with a further eight suspended, for failing to pay players’ wages on time, the EFL have imposed further sanctions after the club’s Bahraini owner Talal al Hammad failed to deposit money into an account by Wednesday's deadline to cover salaries.
