Cash-strapped Oldham on brink

National League One side Oldham could go out of business after entering a creditors' voluntary agreement.

The club owes £180,000 in unpaid taxes, with total debts of £325,000, and its fate could be settled at a creditors' meeting in Manchester on Tuesday.

"We had an arrangement with the Inland Revenue to pay off arrears," said a statement from the club.

"It was when they were unprepared to give us more time that we took steps to protect ourselves against winding-up."

London Broncos recently went into liquidation with debts of over £3m and were only allowed to play on after Super League clubs decided to allow a new, debt-free company, to take over the running of the club.

It is not the first time Oldham fans have faced the prospect of losing their club.

Oldham Bears were wound up with debts of over £2m seven-and-a-half years ago.

The Rugby Football League has recently changes its rules regarding CVAs.

Any club now entering such an agreement must leave it before the end of the season or face automatic relegation.