Alderney take on Guernsey in the Muratti semi-final earlier this year.

BAVARIA NOMADS are again considering their future in the local football leagues and may not last past the new year.

The Alderney-based side and outlet for their Muratti players say that increased pressure to play extra games in Guernsey could lead to them dropping out of competitive football for the first time in more than 20 years.

At last month’s Guernsey Football Association AGM, a motion was passed to increase the number of matches a team plays each other from twice a season to three times.

As a result, the sides have also agreed they cannot afford an extra trip to Mount Hale, which means players from the northern isle will have to make at least 14 visits to Guernsey next season, as opposed to a minimum of seven in previous years.

Keith Webster, president of the Alderney Football Association, said an additional £5,000 is needed to ensure Nomads complete the 2009-10 league season.

‘We were left with the stark alternative of either finding another £5,000 to pay for additional flight costs, in addition to the £9,000 we already have to find, or pull out of the league,’ he said.

‘At a meeting last week it was agreed that playing only local football would be a disaster and would ultimately lead to a return to the 18-0 Muratti results of the past.

‘We have therefore signed up to play next season but we only currently have the cash to complete about half the fixtures.’

‘If we can’t raise significantly more funding then we will have no option but to pull out of the league in, I would guess, January.’