Press release issued by the Ryman League regarding Croydon Athletic - matches postponed

[Ian_W]

This press release has just been issued by the Ryman League, postponing the next two league fixtures. The club has not announced the situation regarding the FA Cup match away to Kingstonian on the 12th September.

 

 

The Ryman League has been contacted by Croydon Athletic FC as a result of internal problems following allegations made in a national newspaper regarding the person widely regarded as the owner of the Club.

 

 

The Club has been unable to pay the August wages for the players and are faced with a number of other financial claims. At the end of the Club’s home match with Concord Rangers yesterday the management team indicated that the side would be unlikely to play together again.

 

 

The League has been working closely with the Club during the past week and attended a meeting at the Club last Wednesday with the Chairman and 3 other senior members of the Club.

 

 

Croydon Athletic FC is doing all it can to stay in business and are hoping that by publicising their plight they may find someone willing to take over the Club. The League has agreed to a request from the Club to postpone its next 2 League fixtures – away to Tooting & Mitcham United on Tuesday, 7^th September and home to Sutton United on 18^th September – in order to give the Club time to see if it can survive the difficult position in which it finds itself.

 

 

The League and the Club will then reconsider the position to ascertain whether or not the Club can meet its commitments to the League for the remainder of the season.

 

 

League Chairman Alan Turvey commented “The League is very sorry that the Club has suffered such a blow. We are concerned to act in the best interests of all parties in this matter and to make sure that every avenue is explored to see if the Club can continue. We do not want players to play in matches which may not count nor do we want spectators to pay to see matches whose results are then erased from the records.”