The board can confirm that it has reluctantly accepted the resignation of Gavin Macpherson from his position as first team manager.

Gavin joined the club in May 2023 and bought immediate success in his opening season with our play-off victory at Chatham, securing promotion to Step Two for the first time in our history.  In our inaugural season in the National League South, he was able to rebuild the squad and guide us to a tremendous second half of the campaign which saw us stay up on the last day of the season; possibly an even bigger feat than our play-off success. This year, we again battled with clubs with much bigger resources than our own and ultimately fell short of achieving our goal of staying in the division.

Gavin has worked tirelessly alongside his coaching team over the past three years and his hard work, dedication and commitment to the club have been exemplary throughout his tenure. It was the board’s wish that Gav remain in charge for our return to Step Three, but having considered his position long and hard he feels that a complete reset of things is in the club’s best interests moving forward.  

The board are extremely grateful for all of Gavin’s efforts as manager. He brought us arguably the finest day in our history in our play-off win together with many other happy memories during his time with us. Aside from the first team, he has been instrumental in forming fantastic relationships with our youth team and academy and truly understands the unique nature of our club. During his three years he has built a tremendous relationship and rapport with our supporters and he will always be welcome at the Dave Bryant Stadium.

Gavin and his staff will remain in charge for the final two games of the season and we hope this will give supporters a chance to acknowledge his brilliant contribution to the club over the past three years.