Morecambe suspended from the National League

The National League has been abundantly patient over the last four weeks and as generous as they can be with the sanctions, but it has a league to protect the integrity of. We're grateful it's a suspension at this stage and not an expulsion. It buys us a bit of time to get the sale over the line.

This deal has been ongoing for three years. Just as we think it's done there's another chapter in the saga.

As things stand, we have to be very cautious and prepare for the worst while hoping for the best.

We've seen other clubs, like Bury and Macclesfield, have suspensions which have been extended into the first six games of the season. It may be that we get a further suspension but we have to prepare for expulsion on the 20 August if the club doesn't sell.

As a Trust, we always have back-up plans for phoenix clubs and what we'd do if Morecambe FC in its current form stopped trading. If we're expelled from the National League, that means no football for Morecambe this season and it would mean reforming under a different banner as quickly as possible ready for next season.

Morecambe is a small seaside town and the football club is the glue that holds us all together. Everyone talks about the club.

We're a deprived area of the country and the economic impact of not having visitors to the town once every fortnight to watch the football, and all of us not coming together in that way, is devastating.

Today is pay day for a lot of our friends and family who work at the club and for the second month, they've not been paid.

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