This
has reluctantly been accepted by the league`s management committee.
The
club have released the following statement explaining their decision: "It
is with a heavy heart that FC Oswestry Town have made the sad decision to fold
the club. The difficult decision has been made due mainly to the Covid Pandemic
that resulted in the curtailing of the North West Counties League and the FA’s
ruling to make the 2019/20 season null and void which robbed us of a hard
earned promotion.
"The
committee has been working hard over the past four months but due to financial
difficulties that we are currently facing we are unable to keep the club alive
in the professional and competitive way that everyone involved with the club
would like. Financial difficulties due to the denial of promotion to a higher
league, no fixtures being played since March and no opportunities to raise
funds externally means we are in no position to commit to the forthcoming
season.
"As
a club we have had an amazing short history with a hugely successful team that
gained promotion to the North West Counties League. The success continued with
this year`s fantastic team that was on the verge of promotion to Step 5
football and the FA Cup. We have had an amazing journey.
"We
would like to thank all the committee members, supporters and businesses that
has helped us make our progress through the non-league football scene but
unfortunately we were not able to replicate the success of the old Oswestry
Town.
"Everyone
involved with the club has spent the last few months trying to work out ways to
keep this club alive and moving forward towards a brighter future, but
unfortunately to no avail.
"We
like to place on record our thanks to everyone involved with the North West Counties
football League, for all their help since we have been in the league, and with
the professional way the league is run". |