Barrow AFC are in line for a six-figure sum after the Premier League and EFL finally agreed a bailout package for clubs.

It was announced today that a deal has been agreed to support EFL clubs hit hard by the loss of matchday income because of Covid-19.

A combined fund of £50m has been set up, with £30m to be shared among all League One and Two clubs as a grant.

A further £20m is available as a “monitored grant” for which clubs can apply.

AFC will receive a minimum payment of £250,000.

They can also receive a further amount from the £30m grant package based on calculations of lost revenue from last season and this season.

The announcement comes after months of talks between football’s governing bodies over help for struggling clubs.

Help for the Championship, meanwhile, is in the form of “a further financial commitment [from the Premier League] to assist the EFL in securing a £200m loan facility that Championship clubs will be able to utilise interest free.”

The rescue package has been approved by the EFL board, and also by Premier League clubs.

The EFL said a £30m grant will be shared “immediately” by clubs in the third and fourth tiers...”for distribution based on lost gate receipts in respect of the 2019/20 and 2020/21 season.

“Each club will receive a minimum payment of £375,000 in League One and £250,000 in League Two.

“The remaining £15m to be distributed using a lost gate revenue share calculation, which will be approved by both the EFL and the Premier League.

“In addition, a further £20m ‘Monitored Grant’ is to be provided with clubs able to apply for it based on ‘need’, with a joint EFL and Premier League panel to determine club eligibility.

“Clubs subsequently in receipt of a ‘monitored grant’ will be subject to certain restrictions, in respect to transfer spend and player wages.

“Clubs who keep to the restrictions will not have to repay any of the funding required, whereas for clubs in breach, the ‘monitored grant’ becomes repayable by the club.

“Any club in receipt of a grant or monitored grant payment will be required to continue to maintain compliance with the EFL’s financial regulations.”

The Championship situation, meanwhile, sees the Premier League provide a “payment commitment of up to £15m to cover interest, arrangement fees and professional fees to allow the EFL to secure a £200m loan facility that it will then on-lend to Championship clubs interest free.”

EFL chair Rick Parry said: “Our over-arching aim throughout this process has been to ensure that all EFL clubs survive the financial impact of the pandemic.

“I am pleased that we have now reached a resolution on behalf of our clubs and as we have maintained throughout this will provide much needed support and clarity following months of uncertainty.”

Richard Masters, Premier League chief executive, said the top-flight was “a huge supporter of the football pyramid and is well aware of the important role clubs play in their communities.

“Our commitment is that no EFL club need go out of business due to COVID-19.”