In bizarre scenes, last night the three A-League clubs in Melbourne - Western, Victory, and City - gathered at short notice to fly out from Melbourne airport.

It was prompted by the snap decision to seal Victoria’s borders due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. 

The A-League squads hurriedly met and arrived at Melbourne airport with a flight booked to Canberra. 

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But, incredibly, fog at Canberra airport stymied efforts to leave, and the A-League players' flight that was sat on the tarmac and subsequently canceled. 

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FFA: 'We did absolutely everything we could...' - Victoria A-League clubs stranded in Melbourne

Melbourne's A-League teams have failed to depart for Canberra for the second consecutive night, this time opting not to fly due to ACT quarantine rules.

The A-League squads returned home in the early hours with Western’s star striker Besart Berisha labeling the exercise “unbelievable” on fellow Western star Alessandro Diamante’s Instagram account.

"Never in my life, in my career do I see this before,” the A-League legend added.

Now the NSW government looks set to bail out the A-League season by delivering border closure exemptions to the three Victorian teams .

Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City and Western United players and staff are due to meet at AAMI Park on Tuesday evening to take buses to the airport for a flight to Canberra.

The three clubs then plan to travel on to NSW from Canberra when possible.

FFA had sought an exemption from the NSW government for players and staff to travel interstate after the clubs did not leave Victoria before the midnight Monday night deadline for Melbourne residents.

On Tuesday, NSW deputy premier John Barilaro indicated the government would work with FFA to help the Victorian clubs cross the border and into their NSW hub.

"You've heard me on the NRL and the importance of sport and I think we've got to work with the FFA, so I'll be reaching out to the FFA today and then see what they need," Barilaro said.

"But yeah of course, if we've got an opportunity to do so, let's bring them across the border, let's park them in the regions or here in the city and make sure they're part of the A-League that kicks off shortly.

"We'll work through it. I think there is a real opportunity to do it. The exemptions exist and we'll work with health officials as we've done previously with all the other codes."

Western United chief executive Chris Pehlivanis was optimistic of securing an exemption.

"The discussions have already started," Pehlivanis told AAP.

"Now in terms of timing, we're not sure - it could be quick, it could be a couple of days - but we're planning to be there (in NSW), subject to government."

The three clubs had originally planned to fly out on a charter plane on Tuesday morning - before the full Victoria-NSW border closure at midnight.

However, the league appeared to have been caught on the hop by the decision to close the border to Melbourne residents a day earlier.

Victory, City and United scrambled on Monday night, getting players and staff to the airport in a bid to fly to Canberra.

The players and staff boarded the plane, only for the flight to be cancelled due to poor visibility at Canberra Airport, leaving them stranded on the tarmac.

Other professional football codes had made earlier moves to get their teams out of Victoria amid the state's coronavirus spike.

The 10 AFL clubs departed for NSW and Queensland across Sunday and Monday, NRL's Melbourne Storm have been out of Victoria for almost two weeks and Super Rugby's Melbourne Rebels moved to Canberra on June 26.

Meanwhile, Victoria's five Supercars teams hit the road late on Monday afternoon in a bid to cross the NSW border that night.

Victory and United are still scheduled to restart the A-League season on July 16, with United to face City on July 20, but A-League boss Greg O'Rourke said the fixture could be revised if required.