[St Charles Owl]

Cannot believe what I've just seen a Manchester City fan write.

"Too many lower league and non-league clubs in the UK that don't have a future, they should give up if they don't win anything"

Stupid quote from what I really hope is just a very young and naive Man City fan!! As Snooty said, he needs to remember where his team have come from in the last decade or so!!

However I do think he has a bit of a point with the number of teams in the lower leagues!! I don't think there are too many of them, but I do think there are too many that are fully professional teams, rather than operating on a semi-professional basis. We are seeing too many of the lower league teams overstretch themselves and getting into trouble like Hereford have, partly due to the structure and expectations of the game and partly due to crap ownership, and unfortunately they are going to the wall for such small amounts of money because they have no chance to raise the revenue streams!! Darlington went bust over 250k, now Hereford for 116k and I am sure Chester only owed a small amount!! Sure there is too much money being kept at the top of the game rather than being spread a little bit more, but it is incumbent on owners of lower league teams to make sure they are better run!!

Ironically, I think (but have no figures to back it up) that the non-league set up is probably on a better financial footing in a lot of cases than some teams in the FL!! Chasing a dream is great, but teams need to do it sensibly!!