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Cheltenham boss Martin Allen says his only job next season is to keep the club in the Football League. Speaking to the local press he believes the club will slip to a second sucessive relegation without major changes: "My job really is to make sure we stay up next season and secure this club's Football League status. There has been a history over the past 10 years of a lot of clubs playing in League One that are now playing in the Conference. It can happen pretty quickly if you don't have a major clear-out and make major changes."
Darlington's former Chairman George Houghton has blamed fans for two prospective buyers pulling out of talks to save the club, claiming that their negativity towards him in the wake of their Administration. He says the move was unavoidable as one of the club's loan providers itself went under, meaning the loan was called in immediately, and that director Raj Singh failed to cover the loan - a claim denied by Singh.
Rushden have named Justin Edinburgh as their permanent manager after a spell as caretaker boss. He has signed a rolling contract at Nene Park. Accrington have completed half the work to install additional seats at their ground to avoid being thrown out of the League. The remainder of the 800 seats will be fitted ahead of Friday's deadline. The Independent claim that betting suspect David Mannix was being paid just £80 a week by Accrington, with bonuses pushing the figure up to £300 if he played.
Ebbsfleet fans have voted towards a new contract with manager Liam Daish. A fans meeting in the week revealed that the gap in funding they are facing next season is effectively every penny of their wage bill such are the off-field costs of running the club.
