WREXHAM are braced for a reduction in income because of the coronavirus crisis as non-league football nears its return.

Spectators are expected to be allowed into grounds when the 2020-21 campaign kicks off on October 3 - albeit at a significantly reduced stadium capacity up to January - and that means a drop in gate receipts.

Finance director Mark Williams revealed that there will be no programme sales at games, and there will also be capacity restrictions in hospitality.

Non-matchday commercial revenue will be reduced to reflect the wider economy and the impact it also has on sponsors.

Retail income will fall and there will also be a drop in football income due to no away travel coaches and no further Premier League subsidy.

Racecourse income will be down with less concourse and non-matchday events, but overhead costs have reduced in line with a drop in turnover.

However, Williams believes the club is in a better position that many other teams at their level who are feeling the financial effects of the pandemic.

"We have combined the football club and the trust so they are one entity in terms of cash," said Williams.

"As it stands today, the Trust has £220,000 available and the football club still has over £100,000 in its bank account.

"Our starting position, we are probably in a lot better position than other clubs at our level."

It will be all change for supporters when Wrexham begin a 13th season in non-league.

“We locked down the club from the end of March till August 1 when we furloughed our staff so we have got to catch up on all the inspections that we have to do,” said Williams.

“This is normally done in the summer when we haven’t got games because if you run into an issue with one of them, it doesn’t affect the capacity at the next game.

“We will get these done but it is not just a case of opening turnstiles and letting people in.

“There is all this work that has to go on in the background.

“Our stadium manager has returned from furlough this week and we are currently working through all the calculations and all the guidance that we have to follow.

“People think how many seats are we going to have? That is not the only consideration.

“We have got to consider how many people can get on the concourse with social distancing so these are all the calculations that we will have to run.

“Once we have done them, we will announce what they will be."

Spectators could also experience a different way of entering the ground rather than through turnstiles.

“They have to press the turnstile to come through it,” said Williams.

“That means we have to wipe that turnstile down so can we do another way where we can let spectators into the stadium where we still get a recording of how many people are in each stand.

“These are all the things that we will have to consider and in certain stands, it may not be possible to do food or drink purely because the queues are part of the flow of supporters and we have to maintain social distancing."