The Nottinghamshire club have a weekly wage budget of around £9,000, roughly six times that of the Rebels, spending power which made them favourites to win the title.
But FC manager Karl Marginson is untroubled by such a disadvantage, with most of his club's revenue being swallowed up by the rent paid to landlords Bury.
"It looks like being another topsy-turvy season in this division," he said. "On the last day of last season, there were nine clubs in this division which could have been relegated, and it could be another close league."
On the plus side, winger Jerome Wright completed his first 90 minutes of the season in Monday's defeat at Bradford Park Avenue, Adam Carden returned to action, and he drafted in new boy Jacob Wood for an impressive debut as a makeshift centre half.
Wood, normally a right back, is set to keep his place on Saturday.
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