Maidstone United chairman Oliver Ash has revealed the wintry weather has hampered the club’s attempts to generate cashflow with a view to moving back to the County Town.

Mr Ash (pictured) revealed the snow and ice – which saw Tuesday’s game against Kingstonian at Homelands postponed – were bad news for the club in a number of ways and urged supporters to back the club financially through the winter.

He told the club’s official website: "This is bad news for everybody. We lose receipts from matches when cashflow is tight, the fans get frustrated and travelling to and from matches is tough.

"Our commercial strategy meeting may have to be postponed too which is also bad news as we need to start raising commercial revenues as soon as possible."

He appealed to supporters: "In a month of snow-disrupted matches we still have to pay the running costs which amount to about £15,000.

"That’s why every £10 on match day, every bit of merchandise, every drink consumed at Homelands, all help the bottom line and show us that enough of you care about keeping the show on the road.

"The deficits should disappear when we get the ground built, that’s still the number one priority and, less than two months after the takeover, we’re still on schedule."

He added: "Plans for the new ground are progressing and we’re nearly at the stage where we can put a precise cost to the plan.

"When that happens we will be able to go to investors with a precise proposal for them to join the party.

"So hopefully we’ll know where we stand on all that by Christmas."