Wadsworth fears for Gretna
07 Mar 2008 - 09:39:54
Caretaker manager Mick Wadsworth has revealed Gretna may not survive until the end of the season after Thursday's 3-0 SPL defeat by Dundee United.
The Black & Whites face a series of meetings on Friday to discuss the club's perilous financial state and Wadsworth has admitted he is seriously concerned.
Owner Brooks Mileson's recent illness has also compounded the financial trouble at the SPL's bottom club.
Speaking after a record low 501 spectators watched their latest defeat, Wadsworth said: "There's a lot of difficulty at the moment. We have got some very important meetings tomorrow.
"The finances and the survival of the club is on everyone's minds and that takes precedence. We are on a sticky wicket, put it that way.
"People have worked really hard to keep the thing going. All we have done in the past few weeks is patch it up, but we are in a bit of a corner now.
"What we do hope is that we can cobble it together to get through this season so there is a graceful withdrawal if necessary.
"But our major hope is that he (Mileson) gets better and picks up the reins again, because without him we are in a very difficult situation.
"A lot depends on tomorrow's meetings, which will involve financial people, directors of the club and probably people from the parent company."