Daws, who played under Martin O’Neill at Grantham Town and also turned out for Radcliffe Olympic, previously spent six years in charge of Holwell Sports and then joint-managed Newark Town before joining Olympic at the start of the 2017/18 season at a time when the team needed a complete re-build after the previous management departed for pastures new and the majority of the squad left with them.

Whilst it has been a difficult season, which culminated in relegation from the East Midlands Counties League back to Step 7 and the Notts Senior League, the club wishes to place on record, its sincere gratitude and thanks to Daws for assembling what was becoming a good young squad and for his tireless determination in seeking to move the team forwards and complete the season, when many outside of the club expected the team to fold.