Wythenshawe Town FC suspended from league for failing to comply with financial fair play rules

Wythenshawe Town Football Club have been suspended from the league for breaking financial fair play rules.

The Northern Premier League say the club has 'not provided details of the full extent of its debt' despite being given 'several extensions to do so'. In a now deleted statement released earlier today, the club, who currently sit fifth in the Northern Premier League's Western Division, claimed the suspension was due to the 'requested documentation not being submitted to the league in the correct format'.

The club's board of directors claimed to have sent the documentation electronically when the league required it in written form. But in a statement tonight the league strongly refuted those claims.

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It read:"In such circumstances, the NPL does not normally make any comment. An exception is being made here because the claims made in the club's original statement are false and misleading.

"The club has been suspended from membership of the NPL for failing to provide information relative to the Financial Reporting Initiative to which all clubs are subject and 87 out of 88 member clubs are currently compliant. The purpose of the FRI is to provide a level playing field that ensures clubs manage their liabilities and do not gain an unfair advantage by ploughing money into the team at the expense of HMRC and the club’s landlord.

"Wythenshawe Town FC has not been suspended because the club supplied the information required in the wrong format. Whilst the club has provided evidence of payments made to HMRC, it has not provided details of the full extent of its debt. The League, therefore, cannot assess the extent of any outstanding