Canterbury City have been left with no manager or players after revealing that it was down to budget cuts they had made.
The Southern Counties East League side announced of their decision on Friday afternoon following a players’ meeting on Thursday.
CANTERBURY CITY’S STATEMENT:
“The Club can confirm reports on social media that Clive Cook and his management team have stepped down from the first team set up at Canterbury City Football Club.
“This follows a meeting with Clive on Monday when it was explained that due to the stadium planning application being pushed back until late Summer 2020, and the knock on effect that this has had with potential sponsors that a budget review was necessary and the Club needed to re-evaluate their aspirations for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons. Realistic aspirations for the club pending knowing with more certainty the timing and likely date of any decision on a planning application are for a mid-table finish this season as a prudent and sensible position to adopt. Clive relayed the situation to the players at a meeting on Thursday and following that Clive and the players decided to leave the Club. We wish Clive and everyone else the best for the future.
“We are actively looking to recruit a new First Team Manager and hope to have an announcement in this regard at the beginning of next week.
“We would also like to quash any rumours that the Clubs relationship with Quinn Estates, our main Club sponsor and the developer who will be putting in the planning application, is anything other than excellent and we continue to work with Quinn Estates for the rest of this season and the seasons beyond both on the pitch and off the pitch so far as a fresh planning application for the Clubs long overdue stadium is concerned.
“The Club will make further announcements as soon as it is able to.”
I can give u a statement, players not been paid for weeks on end after empty promises, the chairman has fallen out with the developer and the main sponsor so theyll be no ground for another 4 years. They wanted us to field a team unpaid and admitted relegation would help!!
— Dave Cook (@Davecook007) December 19, 2019
Canterbury City currently play their home matches at Faversham Town’s Salter Lane ground since the 2018/19 season.
Previous to that they were at Deal Town for the 2017/18 season, then it was Ashford United’s Homelands ground from the 2014/15 campaign, then Herne Bay’s Winch’s Field after the start of the 2010/11 season.
After finding out that Canterbury City have been left with no manager or players, fans were left angry at the club, with one questioning where the money on their FA Vase run got to – see those tweets on the next page.
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