Coronavirus: Scottish football faces 'incredible financial turmoil' - Mulraney

Scottish football faces "incredible financial turmoil" after the season was postponed, says Scottish FA vice-president Mike Mulraney.

All matches under the jurisdiction of the governing body have been suspended "until further notice" amid the coronavirus outbreak.

SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster has already warned the postponements could have "dire consequences" for teams.

"Our job is to mitigate the impact," said the Alloa Athletic chairman.

"I think many, many businesses in Scotland are going to have huge, huge financial challenges. I don't want to predict the demise of any club but I can predict incredible financial turmoil for football.

"We've got lots of difficult decisions and we'll make the difficult decisions. but this is bigger than football and we've got to do our little bit."

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Motherwell chief executive Alan Burrows said clubs need "proper clarity as quickly as possible" after the season was halted.

Scottish clubs rely heavily on ticket sales, with Uefa's latest benchmark report revealing that 43% of the Scottish top flight's revenue was made up of gate receipts in 2018.

And the league body warned clubs earlier this week that there were no cash reserves to help them in the event of matches taking place without spectators.

"I think it's a concern for us all," said Burrows, whose club is fan-owned. "The biggest one - and this is no-one's particular fault - is the lack of proper clarity.

"The worst thing, by far, is not knowing what's around the corner and being left in a state of flux.

"For everybody's sake, I think we need some clear decisions on things like dates and any legislation so that clubs can start to manage the situation. That needs to be the priority over the next few days.

"No matter the size of club, I don't think there are any in Scotland who don't agree this won't be an easy time."

The SPFL acted after the UK government escalated its response to the spread of the illness and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon advised events of more than 500 people should be cancelled.

The decision has been taken to ensure a consistency of message and the idea of playing behind closed doors was ruled out due to the unavailability of emergency service provision.