Greek football chief laments 'death of football city' as another club folds

President of Hellenic Football Federation Giorgos Girtzikis speaks during a news conference in Athens, March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Kostas Tsironis

ATHENS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – The crisis engulfing Greek football claimed another victim as a second-tier club went into administration, mirroring wider financial troubles and leaving a hotbed of the domestic game without a professional team for the first time.

    Based in Heraklion, the country's fourth largest city and Crete’s capital, Ergotelis joined local rivals OFI in financial meltdown - two small cogs in an economic machine that has misfired badly since a national debt crisis erupted in 2009.