In the club statement on http://southparkfootballclub.co.uk, Sullivan explained: "It is with great regret that I have resigned as the manager of South Park FC.

“Although I approached the job with high hopes, with the club in transition I was aware of how difficult the first few months would be. In entering the season with an entirely new team, patience and hard work would be the vital ingredients to the first three months of the campaign.

“Despite my best efforts, and with the great support of Perry Gough, the results have been very difficult to accept. With this in mind, and after some soul searching on my part, I have decided to resign."

South Park`s director of football, Joe McElligott, commented on behalf of the Board of Directors: “After Saturday`s FA Trophy defeat at Berkhamsted, Mick spoke to myself and informed me that Perry and himself would be resigning from their positions with our first-team and that they would assist in any transition period with the club, if required, as they have the best intentions for the club.

“Following on from my conversation with Mick, we have decided to accept his resignation with immediate effect and we will have a caretaker-manager in temporary charge at Northwood on Saturday.”

However, shortly after the statement was released, Sullivan wrote a rather different version of events on his Facebook page.

"Despite cliche's such as `mutual content` and quotes regarding resignation, the first time I learned of my departure was reading tonight's misguided club Statement.

“My tenure at South Park has been very difficult, both personally and professionally. Numerous issues behind the scenes have consistently undermined my position. This came to a head last week when I realised I had been vindictively undermined by my own staff. With the club's best interests at heart, I requested a meeting with the directors to discuss what action to take.

“During the meeting, it soon became apparent that the backroom staff who were undermining me, were doing so with the knowledge and support of the Board.

“On Monday, 8th October, I was sacked then re-instated the same night. The suggestion I had lost the Dressing Room were clearly unfounded and the Directors assured my position was safe and would not be reviewed until the New Year.

“Following our 1-5 defeat on Saturday, I did offer my resignation. I was disappointed, emotional and concerned the stress levels were affecting my health. Therefore, I offered to resign and hold the fort until a replacement was found. Both the team and the supporters deserved that.

“With this in mind, the statement was drafted. However, we agreed the statement would not be published until I was ready, and both the club and I agreed on the wording.

“Having had a few days to reflect, I decided I was letting people down and walking away was the easy option. After all, I am the most experienced manager in the club's history, won promotions, cups and worked in the Bostik Premier. I've never walked away from a challenge and told the Directors I wasn't about to start now!

“Imagine how I felt when on the evening that I had secured two players on loan from Premier Division Merstham, I read on the club's Twitter account that I had left.

“The statement was issued without either my knowledge or permission. I had rescinded my resignation and had just signed two quality players".