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Government warned football on brink of collapse with clubs over 100 years old at risk

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Football is in crisis with the risk of losing clubs we have known for more than 100 years, the Government was warned on Monday.

A group of prominent figures issued their starkest warning yet on the future of the game. As the Mirror campaigns to Save Our Sport, ex FA chairmen Greg Dyke and Lord Triesman and our own columnist Robbie Savage all called for action.

They warned many EFL and National League clubs are now preparing to "cease playing... and put their business into administration".

Greg, 73, said: "Most of these clubs just about survive every year anyway. A third to a half of them could be in real trouble. "Small clubs are essential to the towns and cities they are based in, especially in a small town.

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