Wild disappointed by Premier League’s lack of financial support

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“I don’t know how they can vote to end the season when we don’t know what will happen with promotion and relegation,” said the Town boss, who was also disappointed that the Premier League’s cash injection - which amounts to just £58,333 for each National League club - is only an advance on money from next season, not additional financial help.

“I understand why they’re doing it, and I understand the money that we thought was going to come from the Premier

League has now transpired to just be an advance on payments for next year.

“Financially the club won’t be able to live off that, they’ll need that money next year to make the books balance.

“So I’m disappointed by the Premier League’s stance. What we thought was going “It shows again that the support from the Premier League has been very poor.

“If that’s the case, I understand why clubs will have to end the season because of funding.”But my stance on it is, how can we vote to end the season when we don’t know what the implications will be?

“If it was the case we would go straight to the play-offs, then so be it, but we need to understand that first before we can start voting to end seasons.”

When asked what he thinks the likely outcome of the vote will be, Wild said: “I don’t know, but let’s take a common sense approach.

“You’ve probably got the bottom six who clearly want it ended for obvious reasons, you’ve probably got a middle group of teams that aren’t really bothered because they’re not going anywhere and it’ll save costs, and so the minority are probably the ones that want the season to continue because we’re playing for something.

“Everybody’s in it for their own self-gain, which is the way of life.

“So the harsh reality of that is that not many people will want the season finished to a conclusion.”

Should the season be written off completely, Wild admits that would leave him and the Town squad feeling they had been cheated of their opportunity to earn promotion, with Halifax currently occupying a play-off place.

“One hundred per cent, and the fans should do as well,” he said.

“The fans have spent their hard earned money travelling up and down the country to support their team and what have they got for their money at the end of it?

“Absolutely nothing if it’s null and voided.”