BURY Football Club are still in big danger of folding according to Neville Neville, vice-chairman of the Save Our Shakers Fund.
Mr Neville is concerned that people in the town believe the Shakers' troubles are over following the extension to the administration period that the club secured two weeks ago.
However nothing could be further from the truth.
Come the new April 26 deadline the club is in far more danger of going to the wall than it was at the end of the original two week administration period, a situation sure to be exacerbated by ITV Digital's decision to go into administration this week .
The cash flow situation that was presented to the court projected to take the club up to the end of the season only.
Included in that equation were three home matches and £125,000 from the newly-formed fundraising committee
But on April 26 the courts will need convincing that the club has sufficient funds to continue throughout the summer and onwards, something that is still in doubt.
"Because of the increased gate money from the Oldham and Notts County games plus the revenue from the sale of Jason Jarrett to Wigan it is highly probable that the £125,000 promised by the fund not have to be used before April 26," explained Mr Neville.
"But after that date the fund will drop at an alarming rate and there is a real fear that the club will close within three to four weeks after the end of the season.
"With that in mind we must generate more income over the next four weeks to help us take the club forward."
The Save Our Shakers Fund has been able to put forwards a rescue package that will serve two purposes:
Firstly, if accepted, it will allow the club to trade its shares and hopefully bring in new investment.
Secondly, bring forward a buyer in the next two weeks who will take over the club and move it in the right direction.
"There have been too many rumours over the past 18 months and it is time to put up or shut up," added Mr Neville.
"Bury FC is dying on it's feet and we have four weeks to save it. These rumours are killing our progress."
The people of the town and the football world as a whole have been superbly generous in backing the Buy A Seat campaign and along with bucket collections and donations more than £200,000 has been raised.
The fundraising committee have set themselves a further target of £100,000 to raise in the next four weeks and the club is hoping that all supporters will renew their season tickets and memberships before April 26.
Crucially, the club have only two more home matches before the end of the campaign with Brentford the visitors to Gigg on Easter Monday and Colchester United at home on Saturday, April 13.
Mr Neville is appealing to every football fan in the town to turn out on Monday and show their support for the Shakers.
"We are not safe and although there is a major sense of togetherness at this moment in time we are treading on very thin ice," he added.
"This is not about winning, losing or relegation - this is about keeping the club alive."
Over the next two weeks all supporters groups will be out in the town selling tickets for the Colchester match (see page 58).
The club desperately want a sell out crowd for the final match of the season - the question is whether the people of Bury are prepared to help them achieve this?
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