Newly appointed manager Wotton and Warnock have had to rebuild an entire squad from scratch on the field, while off it the Bryn Consortium of owners – named after the police dog that bit Gulls player Jim McNichol during the final match of the 1986-87 season – have been doing a similar job off it.
The club had debts of over £6m and Westcott and his fellow directors have entered into a Company Voluntary Arrangement with most of the creditors.
But there are still more bills to pay – the floodlights and big screen have seen better days, and the club’s CCTV system needs upgrading – all while the new owners finance a playing squad at the same time.
“Normally when you acquire a club you get several weeks to do some due diligence,” says Westcott.
“We had several days, so a few things came out of the woodwork which have surprised us – mostly around investment required in the infrastructure to get Plainmoor up together again.
“But by and large I think the way the staff have responded to some of the significant changes we want to put in place, the ways the fans have responded to our tenure and our custodianship, has been absolutely fantastic.
“I said from the beginning that we want to leave the football to the football guys and we would crack on with the rest of the business.
“We’ve thrown a lot of resources around the club and I think off the field we’re by no means the finished article.
“The consortium’s been thrown together quite quickly, we’ve inherited a new staff, but we’ve got a plan, we’re ambitious, and so far we’re on the plan and we’re really delighted with how the season’s started for us.”