Farsley Celtic bit the dust this week but it will be a long time before that dust settles.

The bid to buy the Throstle Nest outfit out of administration by Celts life-president John Palmer and associate John Farrell was rejected for a final time last Monday.

That led to Tuesday’s fixture at Harrogate Town being postponed and it was the third game on the trot the administrator would not allow Farsley to play.

In turn the Conference League suspended the club from the Blue Square North, and the process of liquidation had begun.

By Wednesday morning, it was all over for the Celts. In the following days there were claims and counter-claims as to where the blame lay.

The principal characters were Robert Adamson, who was the club’s administrator on behalf of Mazars, John Palmer, James Moore the consortium’s solicitor, Andrew Carter of Leeds City Council and Farsley manager Neil Parsley.

Adamson claimed the consortium had known for three months the level of funds necessary to take the club out of administration and that they had failed to provide that amount.

Councillor Carter, who got involved in an attempt to save the club following several refused bids by the Palmer/Farrell consortium, accused the administrator of not being aware of the importance of the club.

Adamson responded by refuting the councillor’s statement of events.

Moore then told of an increase in the administrators’ fees of £100,000 in a seven-day period between the consortium beginning initial talks and making their first bid.

While the arguments and recriminations raged on, the clock was ticking down the final minutes of the club’s 101-year existence.

Parsley has been through every emotion possible since.

He told the Telegraph & Argus: “Someone must have been telling lies along the way and I hope it all comes out in the wash.

“I would like to know what the administrators’ fees were and see a breakdown of how they were run up.

“It has been suggested that the figure was £200,000. Fine, justify that, come out into the open and show your accounts.

“It was also suggested that the creditors were not going to get full recompense under the Palmer/Farrell consortium’s bid.

“I am a creditor and I was told I would receive 100 pence in the pound and the Inland Revenue (HMRC) were told the same.

“At no point has anyone approached me and asked me to accept a reduced settlement.”