Having watched them for over thirty years, I am well aware that Altrincham FC do not have the God given right to win every game!
The fact remains that we were initially drawn at home to Tamworth and that was certainly a match that we were capable of winning (no disrespect to Tamworth, obviously....)..
Cue: £4,000 in the kitty.
We would then have faced Conference South side Welling United at home.
Of course, there is no guarantee whatsoever that we would have defeated them.....but it certainly was a possibility (or am I being too positive there?!).
So, a potential extra £5,000 up for grabs there.
We may then have bowed out of the Trophy in the next round, thereby hardly causing a huge fixture backlog.
Other than selling a key player, name another opportunity that this football club gets to earn a potential £9,000 in only four days!