Brentford fans should not fear the same fate befalling the club as League Two rivals Darlington - despite obvious similarities between the two.
Darlington went into administration last Wednesday and were immediately deducted 10 points under Football League rules - taking them out of the promotion picture.
They became the fourth League Two side this season to be deducted points for going into administration, following Luton, Bournemouth and Rotherham.
The worry for Bees fans is Darlo have a brand-spanking new 20,000 all-seater stadium, and Brentford are hoping a move to a similar new ground will eventually wipe out their financial woes.
But Brentford chief executive David Heath insisted there are huge differences between the two situations.
He said: "The plans for our new stadium at Lionel Road include a leisure complex, hotel, apartments, retail and restaurants, which means a share of off-the-pitch revenue.
"Darlington initially held an Elton John concert at their new ground, but since then the council have stopped them holding anything else.
"They are struggling even with things like selling corporate hospitality.
"It raised a few eyebrows at the time when they built a stadium for 20,000, and the questions are still being asked.
"And now their former chairman, George Reynolds, is back in prison for fraud, so their situation is quite different."
Nevertheless, Brentford themselves were a whisker away from administration a few years ago, as announced by the then-chairman of supporters trust Bees United, Brian Burgess.
And it was recently estimated by club director Alan Bird that within two years, Brentford's overall debt could overtake the amount they would stand to gain from the sale of Griffin Park once Lionel Road is secured.
But Heath assured fans, despite the financial situation being as critical as ever, there is no danger of administration scuppering Brentford's promotion bid.
He said: "Our situation is different to most other clubs in that we can't go into administration because of the ground.
"The first thing any administrator would do is sell off the assets, and in Griffin Park we have a big one.
"Darlington went into administration having just lost to an automatic promotion rival (they lost to Rochdale last Tuesday), but could still make the play-offs."
Indeed, Brentford boss Andy Scott said after his side's win over Bury on Saturday that it seems teams trying to do things the right way are suffering the hands of those who aren't.
And Heath agreed, saying: "You have to feel sorry for the Darlington directors who are trying to run a steady ship.
"When they played here last year, they were saying they needed to go up this season in order to survive.
"Their playing budget is huge. Even Bury's, who we beat on Saturday, is bigger than ours.
"We are something like eighth or ninth in the division in terms of playing budget, so it just goes to show how well our management team are doing to keep us top."
