A PLAYER at Kendal Town Football Club has spoken-out about the turmoil going on behind the scenes, saying relegation is a very real possibility.


The first team star is urging the club's management committee to use 'common sense' and seriously consider the £50,000 cash injection officially offered by a consortium last week.


His comments come after an emergency supporters' meeting took place at the Pye Motors Stadium following Saturday's 2-0 home defeat to Trafford.


During the meeting fans questioned the acting chairman, George Gudgeon, regarding the financial circumstances of the club and he revealed that Kendal Town only has 'approximately £3,000 to £4,000' in the bank, according to the meeting's minutes.


Since former chairman Haydon Munslow announced in November that the club's budget would be drastically cut, eleven members of the first team squad have left, with star striker Jordan Connerton being the latest player to leave, according to a source within the club.


Now, a former member of the Mintcakes' promotion-chasing first team squad has voiced his concerns for the future of Kendal Town, which looks set to rely on youth team players for the remainder of the season.


He said: "I didn't want to be left behind if everyone else was going. The communication from the club is poor - nobody knows what's going on.


"If they [the management committee] are thinking of playing the kids for the rest of the season then the club will struggle in this league. They want to push the youth through but it just won't work.


"The points the team already has on the board may just save them but when it comes to the start of next season I'd be very worried about relegation.


"A lot of lads have gone and the team that's left will struggle."


He also said his former teammates were 'gutted' about what has happened in recent weeks.


"I know for a fact that out of all the lads that went not one of them wanted to leave," he said.


"All of them would have stayed but they were told they had to go.


"It's a shame because we had a good team and 100 per cent would have made the play-offs. 


"We're all gutted."


He is hoping that the acting chairman, Mr Gudgeon, will entertain the proposal made by a 10-member consortium, who promised that if their offer was accepted today, they would inject money into the club's accounts tomorrow, according to comments made at the supporters' meeting.


"It seems like common sense to me," he said.


"There's football expertise and financial backing. The consortium are trying to help the club but it seems like a closed shop."


Glynn Maggs, who does the announcements at Kendal's home matches and formerly handled security for the club, organised the supporters' meeting, which was attended by more than 100 people.

He said: "What's going on isn't fair to the fans who come every week and spend their money at the club.


"Community clubs like this are run from the fan base and if the fans walk away from the club there's no revenue coming in through the gates and no moral support for the players.


"If the consortium bid doesn't go through then I have a feeling that quite a few people will be walking away."


He issued a plea to the current management committee, saying: "Please start seeing sense. The fans have spoken.

"Unfortunately, as much good as you've done for the club in the past, you are now detracting from it. It's time that you stood down and listened to what everybody wants and took as much help as possible from the consortium."


Mr Gudgeon and Mr Munslow have declined to comment on the events taking place at the club and had not responded to an official request to view the club's accounts.


According to Mr Munslow, 'any member is free to analyse the club's accounts'.

They have also declined to comment on whether Jordan Connerton, Danny Wilkins and Sam Bailey have left the club.


A vote to elect the new club chairman is taking place tonight (Wednesday, December 23).

It is believed that Mr Gudgeon is due to stand against former club secretary Craig Campbell at the members' vote.