Neilston Juniors co-boss Chris Cameron believes the coronavirus pandemic could end up crippling junior football financially.
The Farmer’s Boys are set to miss out on several weeks’ worth of gate receipts and food and drink hospitality should games continue to be postponed for several months.
Cameron told Express Sport: “Because of a combination of postponements and our good cup form this season, we have a lot of home games to play.
“Some teams have only got five games left but we’ve got about 13, potentially more if we continue in the West of Scotland Cup, so it would be very frustrating if the league was pulled altogether.
“Junior clubs rely on gate receipts and food and drink sales on matchdays to make ends meet. “
Neilston were looking to make the quarter finals of both the Scottish Junior and West of Scotland Cups for the first time in their history on Saturday when they were due to face League Two side Vale of Clyde.
While Cameron admits the call-off is frustrating, he believes the health and wellbeing of the players and fans must always come first.
He said: “All we can do is hope that the call-offs only last a couple of weeks instead of several months.
“It’s difficult in terms of planning for the future because everything has been called off indefinitely. It’s a bit of a nightmare in that sense.
“But at the end of the day the Government and SFA are looking out for people’s health and that is more important that football at the end of the day.
“This is a much bigger issue than sport so we need to make sure we do our part.”
