Eastbourne Borough CEO John Bonar has admitted that “things are still up in the air” after the National League decided to end the season on Thursday night.

Despite the decision from the National League itself, after getting clubs to vote on different scenarios, it still needs to be ratified by the FA.

However, some clubs are less than happy with the outcome.

Dorking Wanderers, who were five points clear at the top of the Vanarama National League South with a game in hand, are among them.

Their owner and manager Marc White branded the decision as “disgraceful” and one of the worst in his 21 years in football.

Bonar admits Borough were not happy with the decision either.

He said: “We are very unsure which direction we have got to go now, to be honest with you. We have a board meeting (today) to discuss it and go through it.

“Whilst the National League have turned around and said it will be null and voided, it has got to be ratified by the FA.

“There is a lot of, shall we say, disgruntled people and we are one of them. We feel the league has hung us out to dry.

“They have had their own agenda so they don’t lose the promotion from the National League to the Football League, so the only way they could do that was to split it to step one and step two, if you like.

“So the way they have done it we feel is not correct and the voting was not the best way to do it and we feel there are grounds for appeal on that and we hope the FA don’t approve this decision.”

Borough have been doing a lot for the community during the three national lockdowns.

They have streamed all their matches online.

Manager Danny Bloor has done weekly updates for fans on their YouTube channel.

And the players have been delivering food and care packages to nurses.

Bonar hopes that can continue.

He said: “If the FA approves the decision, then the next question would be do we still have elite status?

“Because, as you know we are more than a football club, we do a lot in the community.

“For example, all the players are delivering food parcels and care packages to nurses.

“You name it, we are doing it for the mental health people. We want to keep that going, now there are going to be restrictions on it.

“If we are not getting funding for it, can we apply for the loan that they were talking about? All of those things are up in the air.

“The ideal scenario would be to keep the players on and keep all the staff on and we do claim a part-time furlough, flexible furlough is the official title for it.

“But if we are still elite we can still play games behind closed doors and we have got clubs like Charlton, QPR, and various others that are of elite status and want to come down and play us.

"So, if we can do that and stream it, at least our supporters will be getting a little bit of football to watch and we want to do it and make sure we are looking after everyone.”

Bonar revealed how he found out about the league’s decision on Thursday evening.

He said: “I was sat in the physio’s room having treatment on an elbow that I have a problem with.

“One of the players then comes into the room and said ‘the season is over then’.

“This has come from Twitter and it has been put out on there at the same time that we have received an email.

“I was like, ‘How is this right?’ So we have the players out there doing a training session outside and then we have to call them on in, sit them down and tell them, ‘Don’t ever let anyone tell this season was for nothing’.

“They are saying it is null and void but it is not, you have done a brilliant job in enlisting everybody.

“Alright it is really disappointing that we are third in the league, we were playing well and we were a fantastic run.

“It’s like having the carpet pulled from underneath your feet.”