As the UK football season draws to a close and the pain of relegation and joy of promotion are translated into multi-million sums, Biz/ed’s attention is drawn to the non-league game. The Bet Square Premier has seen two clubs promoted to the Football League that characterise different approaches to success. At this level and below, coats are very much cut according to the available cloth and examples abound of clubs that have fallen upon very hard times indeed. This run of Boom and Bust stories exposes the costs of promotion as well as relegation – a case of rags to riches and back again for many and a cautionary tale for clubs in the higher reaches of the football industry.

Find out about the MVGW and how success can lead to financial mis-management. Look into how the football authorities try to regulate clubs at the non-league level. Analyse the cases of the two promoted clubs from the Bet Square Premier: Crawley Town and AFC Wimbledon. From QPR and Norwich City to Rushden and Diamonds and Braintree Town, this set of resources takes you on a tour of the football world that exists outside the ivory towers of the FA Premier League.