Owner Glenn Tamplin has threatened to sack himself if Billericay lose their FA Trophy quarter final against Wealdstone on Saturday.
Ricay are top of the Bostik Premier and have reached the final of the Essex Senior Cup and Isthmian League Cup, but back-to-back defeats in the league has left Tamplin questioning his position.
First, Leiston beat Billericay 3-1 last Saturday and then Folkestone Invicta claimed a 2-1 win last night to leave the Blues top by one point, with six games in hand over their closest rivals Margate.
Tamplin tweeted his dismay this morning, saying: “Truly sorry all at BTFC I’m embarrassed now with my players as I’m their manager.
“Lose Saturday when it really matters I will sack myself and actually considering it now depending on answers from players on something I’ve put to them be interesting if they do the right thing.”
Truly sorry all at BTFC I’m embarrassed now with my players as I’m their manager
Lose Saturday when it really matters
I will sack myself and actually considering it now depending on answers from players on something I’ve put to them be interesting if they do the right thing
— Glenn Tamplin (@glenntamplin) February 22, 2018
This drastic measure comes just days after Tamplin told Echo News the club wasn’t sustainable if attendances didn’t improve.
After Billericay’s semi-final victory over Corinthian Casuals in the Essex Senior Cup on Monday in front of a 442, Tamplin said: “The attendances are worrying me.
“The long and the short of it is that if crowds stay the amount it was against Corinthian-Casuals, this club won’t survive.
“The fans and community need to come. We need them here, but it was a cold and windy Monday night that we played against Corinthian-Casuals on.
“We’re at home in the quarter-finals of the FA Trophy on Saturday, with the chance to go to Wembley if we make it to the final.
“We need 2,000 fans to be here against Wealdstone.”
It needs to improve otherwise I can’t substain the costs and the team will suffer
Billericay need to start coming out in numbers they really do
— Glenn Tamplin (@glenntamplin) February 20, 2018
