The team have been given today off, but for some it could be their final day as employees of the club who are rooted to the foot of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

With backer Brooks Mileson withdrawing his financial support, Gretna have admitted they cannot survive and remain viable with their current wage bill and small crowds.

The club's highest-paid players could be the most vulnerable, with some reputedly on annual salaries of around £80,000.

There is the potential prospect of Gretna relying on their loan signings and youth-team players to fulfil their remaining 10 SPL fixtures.

Gretna's groundsharing arrangement with Motherwell could also be threatened by the move into administration.

Motherwell will seek assurances that they will continue to be paid for allowing Gretna to stage their SPL games at Fir Park.

Motherwell chief executive Ian Stillie told the Daily Express: "We have an agreement in place but if Gretna go into administration it becomes a whole new ball game. We would have to look at our legal position.

"We're sensitive to Gretna's predicament, but it goes without saying that if the agreement is to continue it would have to remain commercially viable to us."

The majority of Gretna's players would be expected to find new clubs if they are made redundant.

Goalkeeper Greg Fleming told The Sun: "I think we'll probably all be watching the television throughout the day. Whatever my situation is though, I'd prefer to be told face-to-face on Thursday."

Gretna announced on Monday that they had filed for administration in the courts, when PFA Scotland chief executive Fraser Wishart met with the club's concerned players.

Fleming said: "I think it was then that the penny started dropping and we began to realise it really was as bad as everyone said it was."