The FFA had insisted the club had to raise the apparently impossible sum from the community to have any hope of surviving next season.

But after a mammoth effort, the club today confirmed they had reached the goal.

Officials at the club are staying silent ahead of tomorrow's crucial FFA meeting that will determine their fate.

Board members Rabieh Krayem, Peter Brine and Sean Knights had a teleconference with FFA CEO Ben Buckley yesterday to tell him the news.

And Brine was optimistic afterwards.

"We believe we're there and we've exceeded it," he told the Townsville Bulletin. "We've done everything we've been asked - there should be no reason [to axe the club].

"We believe the numbers we put forward stack up to what is required."

Brine said the cash had come from a combination of business, large companies and government among others, but without identifying any specific firms.

The achievement throws a curveball at the FFA who were expected to axe Fury and reduce the A-League to a ten-team competition.

The FFA are even understood to have already drawn up a draft fixtures list for next season based on just ten teams.

Clive Palmer this week also insisted he was standing by Gold Coast United, despite speculation linking him with a take-over of Brisbane Roar and/or Fury at Gold Coast's expense.