Cash-strapped Askern Villa say they need to find a sponsor or else committee members at the Baris NCEL Division One club fear they may have to fold altogether.

It follows a very traumatic season which has seen their Doncaster Road ground attacked a number of times by vandals, leaving it practically destroyed and needing a lot of work to be done on it so it can reach the relevant requirements.

To try and ease the financial burden, the club are holding a golf day fundraiser at Wheatley Golf Club next month.

Club secretary Dave Hall told the Doncaster Free Press: "Financially we're strapped, there's no doubt about that.

"We've have to use a lot of our funding to pay to repair our facilities damaged by vandals, it was about ?20,000 worth of damage earlier this year.

"We're effectively skint and we really do need help.

"It's a fantastic club, one that has continued to rise through the leagues and we've got plans for junior development too.

"But we're running on volunteers, hard-working people giving up their time and even dipping into their own pockets to help keep the club going.

"Without the money from a sponsor or businessman, it doesn't really bear thinking about what will happen to the club."