King's Lynn Future Looks Uncertain

 

The future of King's Lynn football club looks uncertain if owner Stephen Cleeve decides he can't continue to fund the club or find other investment.

Figures released by Cleeve in the Lynn News suggest the club needs £300,000 to get to the end of the season.

"We need £300,000 to go to the end of the season and roughly that equates to £60,000 or £70,000 a month to keep the show on the road.

"I'm very worried and I can't give a guarantee that we'll see out the season. I think we'll be able to pay the wages in December but whether we can in January, I don't know.

"I think we've spent more than a million pounds each season in the last two seasons, so it may be as much as £1.3million last season. I can't quite remember the figures, but I think that's what it was at one point.

"The season we were in the National League, we spent more than a million on player wages alone and that was without going anywhere, paying an electric bill, a training bill or any other bills for that matter.

"Once all the other costs had been paid it probably amounted to the same amount again. That's what it costs to run the football club, it's not a cheap business."

King's Lynn drew 0-0 with Warrington on Saturday. They are now 21st in the table with an average gate of 921, which is nearly 25% down on last season.