Those parachute payments must help somewhat though?
We are in our third season at this level, and we have no parachute payments.
It is the same as league two for first season, then drops considerably for second season, then nowt.
We to survive, have to get promoted this season otherwise the repercussions will be quite serious. The academy and youth set up will certainly go.
Most of the senior pros will go as the contracts finish, we will have only five or six pros that have another season.
Staff at the ground including match day staff and at the training ground will have been cut already, there will be a lot more. Even though we had a 4800 gate yesterday!
The board are already looking at going part time, whilst all the smaller conference clubs are going full time.
Our problem is the club, financially is not sustainable, no investment because it is not viable or profitable.
Our present owners cannot afford to carry on in this league.
Chester have had a rescue benefit match to get 50 grand to see the season out, who knows what will happen then. No academy, no youth!
Hartlepool are really struggling.
Dagenham have to sell players in January to survive.
Wrexham stopped their academy, only a youth team.
They need to go up as well.
It's all about money and how it's distributed in the lower leagues, unless you have like FGR, someone willing to spend a lot of money on maybe getting up into the league.
One premiership players (someone like pogba!) wages for a month. Is more than any lower league would spend in a season.