Weymouth are back in deep financial trouble after would-be investor Stephen Beer changed his mind and decided not to invest in the Terras.
Beer did a U-turn after suffering a stroke on his way to a news conference to detail his £300,000 investment into the Blue Square Premier club.
Beer's wife told BBC Radio Solent that her husband had failed to realise the extent of difficulty the club was in.
The Dorset club are believed to be around £500,000 in debt.
The Terras' plight was highlighted a fortnight ago when the majority of the first-team squad left the club after not being paid, and being left medically uninsured.
Since then, manager Alan Lewer has continued to field a makeshift team comprising mostly junior players and non-contracted players from around the country, but the Terras have lost every match since.
They have conceded 19 goals in their four games since the mass exodus.
Former chairman Ian Ridley told BBC Radio Solent: "I once wrote 20 episodes of the drama Dream Team but I've never come across anything so far fetched as some of this stuff.
"I'm very sad - I thought it was the lifeline the club wanted. I have to say though, there is always a doubt and with Weymouth, when something seems too good to be true, then sometimes it is and that's proved to be the case here."
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