Manager Danny Johnson has spoken of his disappointment of the departure of Assistant Manager Danny Jones. ‘Jonah’ has left the club with immediate affect and it is believed he has linked up with UniBond Division One North side Salford City.

The gaffer explains ‘Firstly, I would just like to congratulate the players on a fine performance against AFC Fylde last night. It was a magnificent team effort and a thoroughly enjoyable one at that. I thought Matty O’Neill was back to his brilliant best and Callum Flanagan led the line excellently, it was very pleasing to see both Callum and Danny Byrne get good minutes under their belts and perform so well. It was also really nice to see us keep a clean sheet for the first time since October! The back four and Terry Smith certainly deserved that, it was very pleasing’.

‘I thought we thoroughly deserved the victory but full credit must go to Fylde as they never once took their foot off the gas and continued to play the game in the right way. They have some excellent players and I am sure they will do very well this season’.

‘It is true that Danny Jones has parted company with the football club which is bitterly disappointing as he has been a good friend and excellent Assistant Manager to me. Unfortunately we had a disagreement following our 2-0 defeat at the hands of Marine on Saturday. A few things were communicated between ourselves and I would have expected it to stay between Danny and I but unfortunately that didn’t happen. Danny has been a real asset to this football club and has been a pleasure to work with. He is an excellent coach and he is certainly great to have around the dressing room with his personality and his knowledge of the game. I sincerely wish him all the very best in his new role at Salford City.’

‘We now need to move on and focus our attentions on winning a few more football matches. I have one or two irons in the fire regarding a replacement for Danny but I won’t be rushing in to making a decision. I will role my sleeves up and get stuck into taking a few training sessions but hopefully an appointment will be made in the near future. It’s a real pity we don’t have a game on Saturday as we would have liked to have taken last nights victory in to a league game as soon as possible. That’s not to be so we will have to wait patiently for the visit of FC United on Boxing Day.’