CHESTER CITY’S membership of the Football Conference is hanging by a thread this morning, following a decision from the league’s management last night.
It is understood that football related debts owed to Wrexham and Vauxhall Motors still haven’t been settled, whilst there is still certain outstanding paperwork which hasn’t been received by the Conference.
City had been given a deadline of yesterday to settle, or reach an agreement with their creditors as well as present all the paperwork that had been previously been requested.
It appears that Chester are endeavouring to utilise the Football League Parachute Payment to settle debts, but that money still hasn’t been forthcoming following the club’s summer fall into administration.
If all the matters aren’t resolved, and the Conference aren’t given satisfactory answers to questions, City face the threat of expulsion from the League.
An announcement from the Conference last night stated that City had been given permission to play their scheduled Blue Square Premier League game this evening against Cambridge United at the Abbey Stadium, but the Conference have convened an emergency board meeting of their management committee, which will be held in Birmingham on Thursday.
Last night’s decision raises a question mark over Chester’s home game against Luton Town on Saturday, and also continues the uncertainty about the club’s continued existence.
Amidst all the uncertainty, City manager Jim Harvey has to prepare a side to face Cambridge tonight.
