Just playing devils advocate. The buckets were out to raise money to save the club. There was also an online fund raising page set up as well. It was only after KT came in and "saved" us that it was decided to give/loan some of the money to the club to pay staff, as I remember.
100% not true. Think about it, when KT took over NTFC and it's staff became his responsibility, so why would the Trust pay the staff ? As stated lots of times NTFC asked the Trust for a loan towards the end of DC's time, which had to be in cash, because the bank accounts had been frozen, to pay the staff, some of whom were going to walk out because they hadn't been paid.