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Supposed to be on a average attendance basis. Chesterfield, Hartlepool, Notts Co, Stockport, Torquay, Wrexham and Yeovil will receive £95,000 a month, with the other national clubs receiving £84,000.
The majority of North and South clubs will receive £30,000 a month with Chester, Dulwich Hamlet, Hereford, Maidstone and York recieving £36,000. I think it has be stated these payments will be initially for three months.

If we get that much it would be a great boost.

Why do 5 clubs get an extra 6 grand?

Attendances. The >5,000 group in the premier division and >2,000 group in north / south get extra.

Works nicely for Oxford City / Concord Rangers...

A number of NLS & NLN clubs are already complaining about the amounts being granted to NL clubs in comparison to what they are going to receive. A total of 13 NLS & NLN clubs had higher average attendances last season than some NL clubs yet they will only receive £36,000 or £30,000 per month in comparison to a minimum of £84,000 per month that some NL clubs will receive.

Many clubs in the NLS & NLN with higher average attendances are saying that the money that they are to receive is very welcome but it will not cover their costs. Hereford have already issued a statement saying that they are disappointed with the lack of engagement with member clubs in the determining of the grant allocations. It seems that the NL board has set the grant amounts without consulting the clubs.

It doesn't seem right to me that NL clubs with smaller average attendances like Boreham Wood, Dover, Barnet & Maidenhead, will receive £84,000 per month whereas the likes of York, Chester, Dulwich Hamlet, Maidstone, H&W, Telford, Boston & Dartford, among others, who have higher average attendances will only receive £36,000/£30,000. I think the allocation of the grants should have been based on the average attendances across the three divisions. As DA Mikey has already mentioned the likes of Concord, Oxford and Hungerford will laughing their nuts off with delight.

Yet another farce dreamt up by the National League committee. We now have an elite within the elite!.

Spot on TFW

Gov. response from petition to request fans be allowed back in stadium as follows, not the news we wanted but not unexpected;-

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Absolutely crazy, 350 fans at PP last night to watch the Youth game with acres of room available for another 350 , no danger to anyone , for f...k sake let logic prevail !!!!!!!!!

the duke wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:56 am Absolutely crazy, 350 fans at PP last night to watch the Youth game with acres of room available for another 350 , no danger to anyone , for f...k sake let logic prevail !!!!!!!!!

And ironically at the same time THOUSANDs of people just down the road at Bluewater shopping for luxuries!!!!!!!

or put another way, those three missed penalty kicks in the play off final, cost the club £54K in handouts alone, and Dulwich get an extra £6k to boost their drinking club! Don't get me wrong, we should be grateful for anything HM government agrees to grant us, just saying.