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Boston United chairman David Newton has revealed he almost quit the Unibond Premier Division club after fresh financial pressures.

United were left with a near-£200,000 bill after a loan taken out by previous owners was called in and York Street's rent was increased and backdated.

Newton told BBC Radio Lincolnshire he thought about walking away, but slept on it and changed his mind.

"We've done a lot of work off the pitch which we don't want to waste," he said.

The unexpected bill is the latest setback to hit the Pilgrims since their relegation from the Football League two years ago.

They were demoted straight to the Blue Square North from the League for breaking financial rules, and then further demoted to the Unibond League despite coming out of administration two years earlier than planned.

Newton, who saved the club from going out of business following the League relegation, said: "It's like 'where's it going to end?', but hopefully it's the end of it and we can move forward.

"We do need to move to a new ground and it's focused us on that. That's one way of turning things around, but to get moved there's a lot of work there, there's a lot of time and a lot of fees again," he said.

The club still regularly attracts gates of more than 1,000 fans, and Newton says that was part of his reason to carry on at the club.

"We're still here, we're fighting and we're staying. We've got great support, unfortunately that doesn't pay the bills," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8303702.stm