This is definitely the most worrying part:
FINANCIAL STATE OF AFC
"I think financially, we are probably at the best place the club has been for a long time. We are debt free, we have a very strong balance sheet and last year, we delivered the highest turnover the club has ever had.
"But having said all that, everyone recognises the way the environment is developing in the North East because of what is happening in the oil sector. We very much acknowledge that the next 12 to 18 months could be quite a challenging period on the corporate front and will likely affect everyone in the area. We are very much aware that some big challenges lie ahead for us.
"There is still a serious challenge in generating enough cash to keep the operations going at the level we want in order to be able to fund the manager and the team. That is not going to change overnight and it is going to be even more challenging with the environment that will prevail in the city in 2016.
"There is a lot of hard work ahead of us."
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