"Like many of you I was at Ibrox in 1997 to watch the Club lift the Scottish Cup. It was a proud day for every Kilmarnock supporter, and one which hopefully someday in the not too distant future will be repeated. Over 25,000 Killie fans travelled that day and as I looked around the stadium as another cup campaign began, it was sad to see that just 3,500 Killie diehards had made the choice to come and cheer on the team against Motherwell.
"On the playing side the team has consistently performed well in the top league and despite the financial cutbacks imposed since the demise of the lucrative TV deal, there is huge optimism for the future as our wealth of youth and home grown talent grow and develop. The emergence of players like Boyd, Murray, Hay, McDonald, Smith and now Naismith is testimony to the investment the Club has committed to youth development.
"As you are aware I announced last year of my intentions to put the Club up for sale. At this time I can advise that despite several genuuine enquiries, no agreements were concluded therefore I will continue to work with our advisors and the Bank to produce a plan to secure the way forward.
"It is imperative that we continue to improve the Club's finances and I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to all Kilmarnock supporters to consider how they can help in supporting the Club. Each visit to the Hotel or Sports Bar, each visit to the shop or atendance at a game will support the Club through this testing period in our history."
To encourage a bigger following, the Club is subsidising buses to take supporters to the next cup game.
Mr Moffat also announced that he has set up a new Management Committee consisting of several local business people to help the board develop various off-field projects such as the new shop and office facilities at Rugby Park.
There can be little doubt that the Club has serious financial problems. Mr Moffat has already transferred at least £200,000 to meet the bills in December, and that this is a situation that cannot be maintained. It would be a great shame if one of the most promising, exciting and entertaining Killie squads in a generation has to be broken up for a fraction of it's value because of lack of numbers turning up to watch.