Baris NCEL Premier Division side Arnold Town will unveil a new manager in the next couple of days after departures from their dugout over the weekend.

A statement from the Eagle Valley outfit said: "The Arnold Town FC Committee has discussed the current position the club has found itself in of late and has decided to release the current manager Gary Hayward and his assistant Graham Charlesworth.

"The club wish to make it clear that neither had been in contact with any club official to offer their resignation.

"The committee do want to thank both for their enthusiasm and effort in what they have done under difficult circumstances but the facts remain that, as well as the poor results this season, there have been a number of issues that the committee have found unacceptable not least the difficulty in fielding a team over the past few weeks.

"We acknowledge that Gary Hayward's lengthy suspension has not helped matters and it has to be said that the win against Barton Town was in no small measure down to the efforts of Darren Kelk who is helping out at present.

"Acting chairman Graham Peck said: 'We would like to express our appreciation of the effort Gary and Graham have given to Arnold Town but we now have to draw the club together and move on.

"'The last few weeks have seen a lot of disruption and we now have to achieve stability with everyone pulling together to awake a sleeping giant.

"'We want to attract fans back through the gate with good results, so to that end we hope to be announcing a new manager in the next 48 hours; we now have a two week break to really try and get things back on track.'"

The statement was released by the Eagles on Sunday night after Hayward had posted on the club's unofficial supporters site forum: "After all the turmoil the club's had this season on a financial and other issues, I resigned on Friday night along with Graham Charlesworth but, as a gesture of goodwill, I went to the game yesterday to help a friend Darren Kelk. I, today, have tendered my resignation as I cannot work with the new chairman. I wish Darren and the rest of the players all the best and hope many issues to get resolved."