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Given what happened with the grants and the outcome being the current chaotic situation we're in, why should any club trust the terms of these loans? Have any supporters actually seen the T&C's of the loans, or are they just spouting off what has been put out by other sources?

This could work. It may leave those desperate to chase promotion with a long term debt from a loan if they choose to take it, but then it is at least 100% their club's choice and not forced upon them by others.

Was a decent game to watch, we've played far worse this season and won. Was always going to be tough after conceding early, but we had plenty of chances and should have had a penalty in the second half. You were just that bit more streetwise than us. Your second goal probably doesn't give a fair...

1:54 - 8:22 Liam Watson not holding back when talking about the current situation and the National League board.

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No team is coming out of this unscathed, everyone is getting shafted whatever the outcome, with the possible exception of any sides who actually get promoted if the league(s) carry on. For what it's worth, if every side in the league had played at least 50% of their matches this season I'd...

I expect us to be a bit rusty tomorrow after only playing once in January. Good of your club to agree to the testing to get the game on (although I don't agree with our level of football going ahead at the moment, I'd rather it be safe for those there if it does). There is a fair chance it...

But you wanted null and void last season when you were struggling?! No consistency from Dog Food Dave as per usual.

Considering loss of bar / function / community income as well as that of paying fans, probably not a lot of them. How many National League sides were better off considering the weighting of the funding towards them?

Advising clubs who have minimal income about something that will incur an additional cost is hardly helpful. Sport England offering to cover the cost is helpful, and is new information to me, so thanks for that. It might be part of the puzzle solved. Saying we can play the Torquay game and make...

Start from around 12:50 onwards, saves listing to a lot of detail that probably won't affect your team.

If you listen to the interview (you can probably start from around 5:30 onwards) it explains it. There is a guaranteed income from fulfilling an FA Trophy tie, which we are willing to use to test both teams and support staff. There is no funding to help ensure the safety of players and staff...

Quite an honest and open interview. To be fair to him, he's done quite a few of these and kept us up to date with what is happening with the club in the overalls scheme of things. The meeting tonight of amongst NLN and NLS clubs could be interesting, wouldn't surprise me if there is a mass...

There's an interview with our chairman gone up on our website this afternoon. Apparently you aren't routinely testing your own players, and had no plans to test then even though you're coming up here and having an overnight stay. We have offered to pay for your tests as well as our own, as...

Option 4 for me, but there needs to be some sort of split between the leagues. NL may be able to cope at elite level, and it's important to keep promotion / relegation with the FL, so let the full-time sides there carry on, and any part-time sides if they wish, but with no relegation. NLN...

Have Chesterfield actually signed anyone since they put these players on furlough? If so, or if they do, then they should quite rightly end up in trouble for it, if not they've actually done nothing wrong.

If a business doesn't need certain employees to function at the moment then they put them on furlough. The argument is why should a football be club be any different any other type of company. If the options are furlough, or take out a loan to pay employees you don't need then spend years paying...

I read that and realised it was the ramblings of Colin Peake. Anyone who has been around non-league football for the past 20-odd years will know to take anything he says with a big pinch of salt.

The options appear to be that the DCSM either put taxpayer's money in and the National Leagues continue, or taxpayer's money goes towards putting staff of all the clubs on furlough. It will probably boil down to which is the safest option as both come at a cost, and the safest option is obvious...

The infection rate and numbers in hospital or dying was far lower in October when the season started than it is now. Twice weekly testing could work (I work in a frontline clinical NHS position too, and am on the same twice weekly lateral flow test regime as well as being part of the SIREN...