VAUXHALL MOTORS will leave the Skrill North at the end of the season after they tendered their resignation to the Football Conference.
Motors, 15th in the league and 11 points clear of relegation, are hoping a drop in leagues will ease their financial worries.
The Motormen famously beat QPR on penalties in the FA Cup in 2002 and boss Carl Macauley has worked wonders in recent years to keep the club at Step 2.
However, chairman Alan Bartlam says they can not sustain playing so high in the Pyramid and that they are hoping to protect the future of the club.
He said: “This now unsustainable position has been going on for several years. Vauxhall Motors like many other clubs are confronted with the reality of low gates and ever-increasing costs.
“It is anticipated this season will result in another sizeable financial loss eating into a legacy of finances that we were fortunate to inherit over a decade ago and to do nothing would be foolhardy.
“As a responsible committee administering a club that was founded over 50 years ago and a club that we would wish to continue for another 50, with responsibilities beyond the Football Conference, to some 30 teams, youth, junior and ladies catering for over 400 children within Ellesmere Port and beyond, it has become necessary to withdraw the senior side from the established pyramid.”
It is expected that only two teams will now be relegated from the Skrill North to Step 3 at the end of the season.
