Swindon Town have been sold, potentially averting closure - but with strings attached.
The deal, for 75% of the club, has been agreed with Swindon Football Holdings Ltd - a group led by local businessman Andrew Fitton - but is conditional on the agreement of deals with a number of parties.
Those parties include HMRC, who are owed £1.9million, and Shaw Park Developments, a company originally formed between the football club and developers St Modwen to redevelop their County Ground home.
The deal means Fitton's group takes immediate control of the club, and will provide the wages for the month due next week, but the conclusion of the deal will not happen until discussions have taken place no later than an 11th January deadline set by the agreed deal - in just three weeks.
Fans are relieved that a deal has been reached, but that it is not the definite end of a financial crisis that has dogged the club since it's Premiership days. The club has entered Adminstration on a number of occasions in the last 15 years, and is badly lapsed on payments due on the current CVA.