Bradford City appears to be lurching towards another crisis with news that the club could be forced back into administration within a week. It is being suggested that the major creditors need to agree to reduce the level of debt if it is to have any chance at all of staying afloat.

It's a well-known maxim that success breeds success. Hand in hand with that, though, goes its downbeat partner: lack of success breeds potential disaster.

City's previous agreement with its creditors was founded on the idea that gate receipts, shop sales and corporate hospitality would bring in enough revenue to enable the club to meet some of those debts. But the poor form this season has meant that fewer people have been passing through the turnstiles or wanting to spend money on merchandise to keep the club afloat.

Directors David Rhodes and his son Julian have taken on a massive burden in their passionate determination to keep City alive, but they alone can't resolve all the problems. The club needs the support of the wider business community to help to get it out of trouble.

It is not a spendthrift organisation, as anyone who has dealt with City will know. It is clear that the cash will not be wasted. If we want football at senior level to survive in this city, this issue must be resolved now. A line must be drawn and the Rhodes family given a clear field on which to create a new base for the club's future survival.