Stranraer vice chairman Shaun Niven is fearful for the future of some of Scottish football’s clubs – and insists his side are only on the straight and narrow financially due to their Scottish Cup clash with Rangers.
The League One strugglers landed £175,000 from their cup tie against the Light Blues at Ibrox and are still awaiting television and prize money off the back of the back of the fourth round clash.
Despite this cash boost though, Niven is adamant the Stair Park side are not immune from financial meltdown.
Speaking to The Scottish Sun, he said: “We were extremely fortunate in that we made a significant amount of money from our Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox in January.
“That has changed the dynamic for us and leaves us in a better position than most. We are one of the lucky ones yet we do not consider ourselves flush by any means.
“That money won’t last forever when there is zero revenue coming in. Yet, we appreciate there are a lot of clubs in a far more precarious position than us.
“Our wage bill is the smallest in the league so it is more manageable anyway. We will be able to keep paying all our staff until the end of their current contracts.
“All our playing staff are only contracted to mid-June. If everyone then leaves the club and there is no resumption date we will have to start from scratch again.
“However, In the grand scheme of things we are extremely lucky as there is a real worry there might not be some clubs when all this ends.”
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He added: “There has been nothing communicated to the clubs that indicates any decision has been made about promotion and relegation.
“Relegation wouldn’t kill us if they decided to keep positions as they are, but we wouldn’t just lie down and accept it.
"Just like Hearts, Partick and Brechin, who are in a similar position.
“There is still a belief that we can get ourselves out of trouble. Results were picking up before all this happened.
“We think we are good enough to get out of this. Six of our remaining nine fixtures are at home and we don’t have any of the full-time teams to play.”
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