The Conference would beg them to join. But this sort of thing makes it harder for Altrincham to ever get the place in the football league that they were robbed of all those years ago.
Just like they did with Chester City. And who paid the price?
They will be resurrected as a phoenix club with lots of money having not had to pay their debts. Morally very very wrong.
Why should former FL clubs be given this advantage over the likes of Alty?
A comment as a Pompey local, a frequent visitor to Fratton Park and the husband of shareholder in the Supporters Trust....
After the court case today it's looking like the Supporters Trust now own the club and the ground and the club will be able to come out of administration. They won't have settled all the debts in full and so I believe that will trigger another 10 point deduction but they just be relegated to League 2 rather than expelled.
Not paying their debts is immoral and wrong but the Supporters Trust are trying to do the right thing going forward.
They won't have massive re-investment and the trust's business plan doesn't have them breaking even for a several years but the long term plan is for stability and living within their means.