LEE Peacock has admitted that times of financial difficulty within a football club can leave a player worrying for his future.

But the striker has called on his teammates to do what they do best and simply play football as Andrew Fitton & Co negotiate with St Modwen over the technicalities of an unpaid £1.45 million loan.

“I only heard about it this morning,” Peacock told the Advertiser yesterday.

“In all honesty I don’t know that much about it. There’s some big numbers getting bandied about but all we can do as players is get out on the pitch and play.”

The former Bristol City man is no stranger to such circumstances.

He was part of the Town squad which threatened strike action in 2007 over late pay and was at Mansfield in the late 90s when the PFA were drafted in to subsidise the wage bill.

And Peacock revealed the concerns that players face when the sustainability of a football club is questioned.

“It’s a tense time and it’s never nice because the money has got to come from somewhere,” he said.

“In a way it’s more scary the more you think about it. I’m trying to block it out of my mind a little bit.

“I’ve been in this situation before. The majority of us have bills to pay for, cars to pay for, mortgages and insurance, so there is that worry of where the money’s going to come from.

“The lads have half-spoken about it and everybody’s trying to stay focused on football - the things we can control and not the things which are out of our hands.”

Peacock suggested that the Swindon Town board have yet to enlighten the playing staff to the extent of the problems surrounding the club, but the fans’ favourite has total faith in the club’s hierarchy to sort them out quickly and quietly.

“No one’s really been into any great depth about it because we don’t really know what’s going on,” he said.

“We don’t know how far along the line it is.

“I don’t know how worried we should be or whether it’s something that will be dealt with. I suppose the people higher up will know.

“It’s down to the chairman and everyone like that. This is their job - what they do and what they know.

“We don’t know enough about it to get involved, as players we usually find out last.

“The lads just want to play football and try and affect the things we can affect.”