Director of football Guillem Balague has announced that Cristian Colas has returned to the club as head coach.

It will be Colas` second spell at Biggleswade, having previously spent three years at the club from May 2015 until June 2018.

His assistant will be Mark Royal, who is also returning to the club, having worked as second in command to former boss Mick Reardon.

Balague said: “While the news of the sudden departure of Chris may well have come out of the blue, it certainly didn`t come as any great surprise that a club that play in a higher league should come knocking at our door as it happened before to our players and coaches. I take it as a fitting tribute to the progress and work of our club over the past few years.

“I sincerely believe that with Cristian and Mark we have an exceptional coaching team and we can now look forward with confidence at continuing where we left off this season, battling for promotion when the next campaign resumes, whenever that might be.

“Cristian is the holder of a UEFA Pro Licence and has coached at the equivalent of National League level in Spain and worked in England two divisions above in his last post with Staines Town.

“Most importantly, he understands the club, its philosophy and ethos and he was, in fact, instrumental in setting up the style and standards we play and work with to this day.

“Mark is a former Chelsea apprentice who also played at Charlton Athletic and is one of the best known and most knowledgeable people on all matters pertaining to non-League matters and players in the area”.