Lower-league football clubs 'face extinction' without rescue packageThe Field Mill stadium, home to Mansfield TownMANSFIELD (UNITED KINGDOM) - Football clubs outside the Premier League that are the beating heart of the English game will vanish unless a financial rescue package is agreed imminently. Away from the TV-fuelled wealth of the Premier League, clubs are on their knees, deprived for months of their main source of income, with spectators barred due to tough Covid-19 rules. "We're hopeful, though, the Premier League will agree something with the EFL (English Football League, which covers 72 clubs) in the not-too-distant future and I am sure the government will be involved. "It's coming to the point where if there's no rescue package, clubs are going to start going under, and that's the reality of it." "It (the football club) is a huge part of people's lives," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post October 29, 2020 01:41 UTC