Jonte Smith’s Cheltenham Town's season looks like it isn't over just yet as they will feature in the League Two play-offs under current proposals, with a chance to still win promotion.
Those games would be played without fans, and - if it gets under way - next season will in all likelihood start in empty stadiums too.
But asked if Cheltenham could survive playing behind-closed-doors matches if fans are not allowed back into grounds until 2021, director and club secretary Paul Godfrey told BBC Points West: "Not without some external help, no.
"There would need to be a coming together of all of the UK football industry, with the government, to work out how to get through it.
"We estimate that if we don't play football in front of a crowd again this year, the club will have a funding deficit of over £1m, into seven figures.
"Crowdfunding is something we've looked at. All options have got to be considered in the next few months."
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