Swinton’s future in the balance as D-Day approaches

[Total Rugby League]

Swinton Lions director Steve Wild says the club will know much more about its future by Thursday after the full extent of their financial issues were revealed last week. Wild,

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[moorside roughyed]

Life in the lower leagues of any sport is a battle for survival. With low attendances and bills to pay and wages to find.It must cause sleepless nights for directors and owners.Let's just hope that swinton can pull through this terrible period in their history. We can't afford to lose clubs like this with their history and heritage in the game.

[DaveButt]

Maybe they should think of changing their name to Swinton Bulls. Then the RFL may pump thousands into them, after all they did for the other Bulls and it has worked.

[moorside roughyed]

Well said,the way the RFL seem to favour the"big names"is disgusting. It's elitism, and we used to call Union elitist, our governing body is a joke and has been for some time.

[eclecticsheep]

It always amazes me that a club can get £100000 in hock and nobody "notices" till its too late???

 

Then the bloke responsible at the top can just walk away....Try that with your own financial responsibilities and you`ll end up in court....and quite possibly jail!