Wednesday face a stern test this evening when we travel to face Birmingham City.

Our first home point of the season against in-form QPR on Saturday kept us in 23rd place in the table with five points and came on the back of the 2-0 win at Portsmouth.

Promoted Birmingham sit in mid-table and have gone 28 home league games without defeat.

Preparations for tonight’s match have been clouded by news that payment of the players’ wages for September – also due today – will again be delayed.

Added to this, non-playing staff are expected to initially receive only part-payment today for the month.