Matt Day's near two-year stint as manager of Colney Heath Football Club has come to an end.
The Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division had announced on Sunday that the two had parted by "mutual consent".
The statement continued: "Under his leadership the group has progressed into a dynamic and exciting young team and we thank Matt for all his hard work and wish him the very best for the future."
Day took charge at the Recreation Ground in May 2023, replacing George Georgiou.
His aim was to "get the best local young players to play for Colney Heath" and he did that with plenty of youth making the first team, some having come through the youth ranks at the club.
His first season started slowly but a run of four successive wins in December began to show promise.
That promise then brought seven straight victories to end the campaign, lifting them up to seventh by the close of the season, just four points behind the play-offs.
They looked like they were continuing that trend as they went unbeaten in the first five games of this season.
However, seven defeats on the bounce ripped that momentum away and since then wins have been hard to come by.
The loss of striker George Sippetts didn't help, the youngster had got 17 last year and had started with four in the opening three league games, six in total, figures which alerted Hayes & Yeading United from the division above.
And nobody was able to step into his shoes, Heath's top scorer is currently Billy Owen with eight, the only man to get ahead of the now Isthmian League forward.
Day's last match in charge came on Saturday, a 2-0 loss at home to Arlesey Town, a result which has Colney in 13th and just eight points above the bottom two.
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Day's assistant Tommy Burns has also left the club and he took to social media later in the day, saying the pair could "hold our heads up high knowing we gave 100 per cent to push the club forward".
He added: "We worked tirelessly around the clock to progress the team and club, navigating many challenges and we're proud of the impact we had.
"We've built a team the club can be proud of and provides a platform for many players to progress up the football pyramid.
"That's important to us."
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