Celts match tomorrow is postponed (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Celts match tomorrow is postponed

10:21am Friday 5th March 2010 in

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Troubled Farsley Celtic go into the week ahead knowing that it is make-or-break time.

More discussions are planned for Monday morning between the consortium, headed by club president John Palmer, and the administrators Mazars but in the meantime their Blue Square North game at home to Workington tomorrow has been postponed.

It follows on from their league match last Tuesday at AFC Telford being called off.

The stand-off was triggered by the consortium’s bid last week, which the administrators refused to accept.

Farsley are not the only Blue Square North club currently under administration, and Blue Square Premier outfit Chester City ceased to trade and were expelled from the Conference League last week.

Clubs higher up the ladder in the Football League, Bradford City’s League Two rivals Notts County among them, have struggled, and even the top flight is not immune to overspending and the effects of the economic climate.

This season has seen a Premier League club go into administration for the first time, with Portsmouth reportedly failing to pay players’ wages on time and having a huge unpaid tax bill.

Palmer and his local business partners tried to buy Farsley Celtic back from the administrators and give the club a future.

Both they and Mazars remain hopeful that the club will continue to provide sporting facilities for the local community and a way into football for all the teams through the age groups in the large junior section.

The offer made was short of the figure the administrators were hoping to secure for the club’s creditors, so an impasse was reached.

Alarm bells were ringing for Farsley with their midweek and now weekend postponements but it is not the death knell for the club.

Palmer asked for other local businessmen to come forward to join his consortium so they can go into Monday’s critical meetings with an offer that the administrators deem acceptable.