Ebbsfleet manager Liam Daish will have his playing budget determined by more than 30,000 MyFootballClub members this week.

Members can vote from today (Thursday) until Monday on how much Daish is able to spend each week on players’ wages.

The five options which will be considered by members are £8,000, £8,500, £9,000, £9,500 and £10,000.

The weekly playing budget for last season started at around £7,500 – it went up to £8,300 by January before rising to £9,650 by the end of the season.

Most teams challenging for promotion in the Blue Square Premier are expected to have a budget in the region of £15,000.

As a result, one MyFootballClub member is looking for support in his bid to boost Daish’s transfer kitty by pledging £20 towards the playing budget, but only if 1,000 other people do the same.

So far, more than 200 people have signed up with a deadline set for June 21. Club secretary Roly Edwards believes the initiative is a good idea.

Mr Edwards has already pledged £20 and is willing to let the money go towards the playing budget regardless of how many people sign up.

He explained: “I don’t know if we will get 1,000. If they do then that’s great but, if they don’t, quite a few people would be happy to leave it where it is.”

Mr Edwards believes the club’s owners now face a potential make or break decision. He added: “Football is always a risk. It’s all about how much you can afford and shall we have a go this year?

“If we could get 200 more people at every home game it would go some way to helping us get where we want to be.

“We’ve never been in this position before. We took 25,000 fans to Wembley and my personal opinion is that we’re not going to have a better opportunity.

“We’re not far off having a team to challenge for a play-off place. We are not talking about mega bucks, just a few quid to fund a few players.”