They have been involved in merger talks with Bitcoin-funded neighbours Real Bedford early last year, however they got here to nothing and the golf equipment remained separate entities.
Their first aggressive assembly will happen within the Bedfordshire Senior Cup ultimate on the finish of the season.
But Bircham is extra involved about Town’s powerful remaining league video games in opposition to second-placed South Shields and Scarborough Ahletic, who’re fifth.
He mentioned: “No-one’s ever gone down on 51 points when we’ve been looking back through the record books.
“If there’s that freak and we go down on 51 factors, we’ll should put on it, however it’s been incredible this 12 months and I’m so happy with the soccer membership.”
Bircham is assured his gamers will probably be “as motivated as ever” despite knowing that he will be leaving the club at the end of the season.
“The technology of gamers now should not the identical because the younger males of my technology. They’re totally different. They’re used to carnage.
“When I was playing you probably had the same manager for five years, they’re all used to these things and it’s just the way the modern game is.
“For a number of the boys it will give them a little bit of a spur, they’re going to go ‘proper, we have to end the season strongly now – we have not acquired that safety of Birchy’s nonetheless right here and he loves me so I’ll be alright subsequent 12 months’,” he said.
Bircham regards National League North as tougher on the clubs involved than the South division – a “completely totally different animal”, he said – but even if Town stay up, the board will not over-reach themselves.
“In National League North you’ll be able to fairly simply get yourselves in all kinds of bother, look what number of golf equipment have executed it and spiralled down by the leagues, Bedford Town will not try this,” he added.
“It could be a bit simpler subsequent 12 months as a result of we all know what we’re doing, what we’re getting ourselves in for.
“When I arrived there was no connection with the supporters, the players, staff, the boardroom, there was nothing, it was a horrible place to walk into. You come and see that place now, it is chalk and cheese.
“If I had a number of quid, it would be the membership I’d purchase tomorrow as a result of it has a lot potential.”
Lee Bircham was chatting with BBC Three Counties Radio’s Ollie Bayliss
