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South Normanton Pull Out
South Normanton Pull Out
South Normanton Athletic have resigned from the Total Motion Midland League.
Monday 06 April 20 I 10:31:43 I Photo by

The Derbyshire outfit were in eleventh place in the Premier Division when the season came to a halt due to the coronavirus.

 

A short statement from the club reads: “Is it with great sadness that South Normanton Athletic have resigned from the Midland League

 

We would like to thank the Midland Football League for the opportunity of playing in this league."


 

After the decision was made, the club have decided to relieve management team and club treasurer and secretary Richard Strzyzewski from their roles within the club.

 

Manager Marc Strzyzewski said: “On hearing the news I was completely shocked and didn’t quite believe it as first. I was told the decision to drop the club down was to save the future, but this has come without any suggestion the club was in any kind of danger. I’ve become very involved at South Normanton and worked hard on and off the pitch with the club`s best interests at heart along with helping the finances in every way possible. Thom Kellogg, Lee Mitchell and I are absolutely devastated with the decision.

 

“When we took on the challenge of South Normanton our objective was to assemble and bring a team that for this level understood what it meant to be part of something that could involve the community and a team that could not only compete at Step 5 but one that could progress even more so.

 

“Looking back from where we have come from and what values we have installed as a group we believe in a lot of ways we achieved our goal and began to really put South Normanton on the map.

 

“It`s a shame that all the progress is to be all in vain after this decision has been made. We completely understand at any level the club`s interests must come first but to not even be told plans or given a choice to even carry on is a real shame. We feel the whole situation could have been dealt with more transparency to ease the pain of letting go of something we have become so attached to. It’s left a lot of people including the players at a loose end. You only have to look at last season by breaking records in the FA Cup, reaching the last 32 of the FA Vase and defeating all odds to reach the Derbyshire senior cup final. So, to be told the club isn’t in good shape to continue is so difficult to swallow.

 

“Although this isn’t the end we wanted It’s been an amazing experience for us and one we really didn’t want to let go of but sadly it’s out of our hands”.


It is not known at this stage whether South Normanton will continue at a lower level.

 

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South Normanton Pull Out
South Normanton Pull Out
Monday 06 April 20 I 10:31:43
Photo by

The Derbyshire outfit were in eleventh place in the Premier Division when the season came to a halt due to the coronavirus.

 

A short statement from the club reads: “Is it with great sadness that South Normanton Athletic have resigned from the Midland League

 

We would like to thank the Midland Football League for the opportunity of playing in this league."


 

After the decision was made, the club have decided to relieve management team and club treasurer and secretary Richard Strzyzewski from their roles within the club.

 

Manager Marc Strzyzewski said: “On hearing the news I was completely shocked and didn’t quite believe it as first. I was told the decision to drop the club down was to save the future, but this has come without any suggestion the club was in any kind of danger. I’ve become very involved at South Normanton and worked hard on and off the pitch with the club`s best interests at heart along with helping the finances in every way possible. Thom Kellogg, Lee Mitchell and I are absolutely devastated with the decision.

 

“When we took on the challenge of South Normanton our objective was to assemble and bring a team that for this level understood what it meant to be part of something that could involve the community and a team that could not only compete at Step 5 but one that could progress even more so.

 

“Looking back from where we have come from and what values we have installed as a group we believe in a lot of ways we achieved our goal and began to really put South Normanton on the map.

 

“It`s a shame that all the progress is to be all in vain after this decision has been made. We completely understand at any level the club`s interests must come first but to not even be told plans or given a choice to even carry on is a real shame. We feel the whole situation could have been dealt with more transparency to ease the pain of letting go of something we have become so attached to. It’s left a lot of people including the players at a loose end. You only have to look at last season by breaking records in the FA Cup, reaching the last 32 of the FA Vase and defeating all odds to reach the Derbyshire senior cup final. So, to be told the club isn’t in good shape to continue is so difficult to swallow.

 

“Although this isn’t the end we wanted It’s been an amazing experience for us and one we really didn’t want to let go of but sadly it’s out of our hands”.


It is not known at this stage whether South Normanton will continue at a lower level.

 

Copyright Non League Today. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to the Non League Today website as the source and a link back to the Non League Today website.
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