Whoever takes over from Martin Foyle will have a difficult task at Edgar Street.
The 'lucky' man will inherit a squad of players unpaid and out of form, no money to sign any new faces (and a transfer embargo to boot), and at a club that is winless in ten games. Eight games to play with four points separating the club from Conf North, and with the threat of a ten point deduction also thrown into the mix.
A thousand York City fans are saying 'told you so' over the final months of Foyle's reign. The negative tactics, complaints about resources and support, and the occasionally baffling decisions were all part of his downfall at Bootham Crescent.
However, while at the Minstermen he would have stood a reasonable chance of success, the dice were loaded against him at Edgar Street. Whatever promises he was made when he arrived at the club were unlikely to have been kept for very long.
The first six months were rosy, leading to the signing a new deal in January 2013 after having steered the club to a lucrative FA Cup run that kept the team in business. However the summer transfer dealings, on a much lower budget than he had probably been promised, caused the need for further signings that the club's finances could not sustain.
Loan players came, impressed, and went. Paul Green, Damon Lathrope, and Ross Dyer all brought fresh impetus to the side but, ultimately, finances saw their return to their parent sides.
Foyle pleaded for more money but the Board were unable to offer any. He saw Josh O'Keefe sold to reduce costs, and lost Micah Evans and Eric Odhiambo as the club could no longer afford them. His final game saw his side travel to Wrexham in the youth team minibus and some cars.
Martin Foyle was the longest serving manager of David Keyte's chairmanship, and also the unluckiest.