by SDYellow » 29 Sep 2020, 19:45
Macclesfield have now been expelled from the 12th of October, this as mentioned above is the date after the 3 postponed games.
On another note the government have just agreed to bailout grants (not loans) upto a total of £20 million for the whole of the National League structure. Details are a bit vague at the moment but potentially somewhere in the region on £400-£500 thousand may be available to National League teams with obviously less for the regional leagues. Hopefully, this will mean we may not see another Macclesfield in the near future.
I don't know too much about football finance but a quick back of the envelope calculation of 2000 fans, 1000 season tickets and 1000 on the gate paying on average £15 for ~25 games is £360 000, the other associated costs of games has also changed but this may keep slot of teams afloat.
Macclesfield have now been expelled from the 12th of October, this as mentioned above is the date after the 3 postponed games.
On another note the government have just agreed to bailout grants (not loans) upto a total of £20 million for the whole of the National League structure. Details are a bit vague at the moment but potentially somewhere in the region on £400-£500 thousand may be available to National League teams with obviously less for the regional leagues. Hopefully, this will mean we may not see another Macclesfield in the near future.
I don't know too much about football finance but a quick back of the envelope calculation of 2000 fans, 1000 season tickets and 1000 on the gate paying on average £15 for ~25 games is £360 000, the other associated costs of games has also changed but this may keep slot of teams afloat.
