Dunfermline are determined not to follow Rangers into the quagmire of financial difficulties after only being able to pay their full-time staff 60% of their wages for February with 20% more on Monday with the outstanding 20% paid within ten days. The Pars have kept the SPL abreast of the situation, which they are calling a temporary cash-flow problem, which they blame on the delay in receiving the £84,000 in ticket revenue from the home game against Rangers on 11 February - three days before the Ibrox club went into administration. With recently posted financial results of a deficit of over £430k to the end of last May, Dunfermline must have been sailing close to the wind if they were counting on £84k to pay their wages. The club's director of football Jim Leishman said: "It's a temporary setback. It's not long term. It is a lot of money in any business book. If we had got that (from Rangers) this situation wouldn't have arisen. Rangers have got their own problems. They've got to get through their own problems and we'll have to deal the situation as positively as we can." As I suggested just after Rangers appointed administrators, Scottish football is made up of a precarious pack of cards with clubs dependant on each other to meet their commitments. Dunfermline's game against Kilmarnock due to be played on 10 December was postponed which was au unexpected break in income plus the club had to meet the cost of storm damage thanks to Bawbag. The pars coffers will get a much needed boost when they welcome Motherwell on Saturday and they will be hoping a visit of the team third in the league will encourage a bumper crowd to turn out. The first-team squad met with chief executive Bill Hodgins today to clarified the situation. Leishman went on: "We spoke to the finance people today and they've given the players guarantees. The players were very understanding and I think it was very positive. They're professional footballers and will focus on the task at hand." Hodgins said in a statement: "By Monday all staff will have received 80% of their salary and we will be in a position to pay the remaining balance within 10 days. Our staff are aware that this situation is out with the club's control and they have been extremely understanding and supportive. In the meantime the Scottish Premier League are in constant dialogue with the administrator at Rangers in order to try to secure payment of our ticket income of £84,000 that was due on February 21, 2012." The club are still fighting to retain their SPL status to be able to honour contracts offered to players who took them to the top-flight. The Pars are bottom of the table, three points behind Hibs who have a game in hand. Their win ratio has been nothing to write home about with just four wins from 29 games this season, all of which have come away from home. Assistant manager Gerry McCabe said: "The spirits are up. We're totally concentrating on the football side. It's been challenging all season and we've been down at the foot of the table for a wee while now. We're still in there. We'll go into every game looking to try to win. Motherwell are a very good side. They've had a marvellous season, but hopefully we can put a wee halt to that on Saturday."
Source: FOOTYMAD
