"Like myself, I’m sure you are all missing football. It’s been a frustrating period since the 1st original lockdown up until now- clearly we have lost some momentum since then but despite missing out by fine margins the last few games we could slowly see the performances were coming back and confidence beginning to grow. That has now been halted and we will have to regroup and start the process again. I don’t think it’s a secret that we haven’t quite cracked the magic formula that brings about consistent results and there’s an awful lot that goes into that and something that we are working behind the scenes to rectify. A simple way of explaining it would be to say ‘it feels like a mile away but it’s only a metre’.

Over the remainder of lockdown, we will be providing updates from the club/squad. First of which is with a departure; Tom Carlton has decided to move on from the club. It goes without saying that I wish him all the best and he goes with our blessing.

In football, departures are generally followed by arrivals and this may well be the case over the next few weeks so watch this space."

-Ben Smith-