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..... win the FA Trophy and now appear to be in financial melt down, looking for a possible two division voluntary demotion. Only averaging 365 in Conference North and owners looking to pull out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32470751

Celtic Nation of the Northern League will fold at the end of the season too, yet another ludicrous pie in the sky venture by a clueless businessman who thought he could build his own version of Celtic in the English leagues, a couple of years ago they were having money pumped in, had a number of pro players, some of which had even played in the Scottish Premier League I believe, were challenging for the NL title and even talking about going professional and then of course the guy pulls the plug and leaves and a year later the club folds. Really is a sad state of affairs what is happening to many non league clubs, there's absolutely no doubt that fan ownership and what we have here is the way forward.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... evin-lynch

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/foot ... -1.1207985