A LOCAL football club have taken the "extremely tough decision" to fold up.
Smith's Wood Firs FC have progressed through the divisions since they were first formed ten years ago and lifted the County Vase in their most recent campaign.
But in a statement this week, owner/manager Paul Ryder said that the commitments involved had become too much.
"I would like to thank my players past and present that have played for the club...and anyone that has helped behind the scenes including sponsors," he said.
"It has been fantastic and an enjoyable part of my life, it wasn’t just my club it was my baby."
Since 2014, Mr Ryder was assisted with running the club by Neil Armstrong, with the two of them handling the coaching, fund raising, production of programmes and posts to social media between them.
Attempts to bring in volunteers and attract investment over the past month had proven unsuccessful.
Mr Armstrong said: "With no other help on the horizon this decision has been made as neither Paul nor I can guarantee we could be there every match day next season and going into Step 6 football we need more than two people running the club.
"It will be a massive void from our lives but will give us more time to concentrate on other ventures."
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