Blue Square Premier club Altrincham`s progress on the field this season has led to it making a last-minute application to join the Football League - should they qualify at the end of the season.
Whilst the club recognises that it is highly unlikely that it will finish in pole position, the Robins are currently in tenth place in the Blue Square Premier just six points behind a play-off spot and the Board have taken the bold step to pay the £1,000 that is required by the end of November by each club who wishes to participate in the play-offs and go through the ground inspection process required by the Football League.
Vice-chairman Grahame Rowley said: “Since winning promotion from Blue Square North in 2005, our priority has been to maintain our status in the highest level of football outside the Football League, but this season Graham Heathcote has assembled a team that has shown that it has the capability of pushing for a play-off place and the Board has decided to pay the application fee to support the dream of bringing League football to Moss Lane.
“This application was not part of our budget planning process and we now really need our supporters to help financially by supporting the S.O.S.(Strengthen Our Squad) Fund that our Supporters’ Club (TASC) has launched, starting with the bucket collection at Tuesday`s home game with Barrow.
“We have a very good team here now but a very small squad and we need to do everything we can to help the manager invest when the Transfer window opens in January.”
