Wycombe wanderers expected redundancies

[Arsenal Of The North]

Wycombe chairman Rob Couhig has recommended about 15 furloughed non-football staff to "begin the search for alternative employment" when the job retention scheme ends on 31 October.

The suspension of League One is costing the club £350,000 per month.

Staff in the ticket office, catering, bars, media, stadium maintenance and cleaning are among those affected.

Wycombe are eighth in the table but would earn a play-off place if the season is ended via points per game.

American businessman Couhig completed his takeover of the club in February, less than a month before the English leagues were halted, and said in April he would rather see the season ended than play games behind closed doors.

"It is apparent that the club's losses as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak may exceed £2.5m," he said.

"The club will survive this crisis as it has in the past. However, it will only do so by taking hard necessary steps to deal with the reality of our economic situation."

Furloughed non-football staff at Wycombe - made up of full-time and part-time employees - had received 100% of their wages until 31 May, but their pay will now be limited to the 80% guaranteed by the scheme.

Six non-football staff continue to manage day-to-day operations at Adams Park.

Is making up to 15 full and part time staff really going to save the club from going under? Seems very harsh on the 15 of them in my opinion.

[selby]

  The antics their side got up to and were allowed by the referee to get away with at Wycombe, if non footballing staff is the description half that team could fit the description.

[Beerseller]

I suppose it depends on how much those non-football staff earn.  Bearing in mind the furlough pay maxes out at £2500 per month, if a couple of them were on £5k a month then making it up to 100% would be a fair amount.

Furthermore, Wycombe have no income at all so except for the furlough claim back on wages, there’s nothing else coming in.

As ever, it’s the footballers who are taking most of the cash but the percentage of their wages recoverable through furlough is quite small- even we’re they to be furloughed. Since no-one is yet sure of where the league is going and given the position Wycombe are in with regard to potential play-offs, it would make sense to retain players. 

They’re still a bunch of cloggers though.


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[Colemans Left Hook]

but think how much they are saving on Akinfenwas pre-match lunch.

[silent majority]

It's an extremely serious situation for all EFL clubs.

Wycombe may be the first to go public in this way, but they won't be the last.

At DRFC we will have to wait to see what the outcomes look like over the next few weeks/months, it does depend on certain factors, but we may well have to man the pumps as well.

[wing commander]

It's not harsh it's the reality of the situation.When the furlough scheme winds down then you are going to see a lot of this across all industrys.Sports especially.The post of the OP shows that people still don't fully grasp the gravity of the financial situation in lower league clubs.I will be beyond amazed if they all survive...We are not immune either,far from it..