With a 'Harry Redknapp' type reputation Armstrong arrived from Bishop Sutton last summer having taken over their side in the Autumn of 2015, bottom with 8 points and voted Britain’s worst team by 5live, he built a side and took them to 16th by the year end. Oldland were in similar straits having finished the 16/17 season in 17th place under Dave Stone and a mass exodus of players. Last year he bettered his Sutton feat, taking Oldland to 7th, narrowly missing out on an FA Cup place after rebuilding the squad from scratch.

This summer however Scott found it increasingly hard for family reasons, he actually wanted to step down before the recent Longwell Green game regardless of the result but was persuaded to wait until a replacement could be found. He came to his decision due to recently becoming self-employed and his work load increasing plus family commitments with son Ky training 4 nights a week at a football league club and playing Saturdays all over the country plus the birth of his third son, Beau. He has been finding it extremely difficult to give the role the time it needs. As a club we know that he will still be around, many of us know he has become an 'O' even taking time off work to help with the pitch in order for the lads to play, Scott has given 110% to the role. There have been lots of rumours around recently, mainly from people with a vested interest, but the truth is until today the Committee was trying to persuade Scott to stay.

A club spokesman said "With the constant threat of players being poached by clubs around us with offers of £40-£60 a week we appreciate that we cannot compete and we accept how hard Scott has found it to offer the time needed to replace these players or to keep chasing existing players whilst committing to training twice a week and matches. He hasn't been helped by several former club officials who have never operated at this level, chipping away on social media. We, all of us, do it as volunteers and would all gladly step aside if we thought someone could do a better job."

Chairman Derek Jones said "I am truly gutted that it’s going to end without promotion for Scott as we could have done it with him and the stronger club position we now have. He leaves the club in a healthy position and with time for the new manager to have pretty much the whole season to perform."

In his final words Scott added "This decision has been one of my toughest due to the loyal committee and support they have provided me with let alone their weekly efforts off the pitch. I also need to thank the players and management team many of them I am good friends with. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity I was blessed with to lead Oldland and will still be there watching when I can"

The club have acted swiftly and the new manager, who is expected to work alongside Scott's assistant Ian Logan-Giles, will be announced separately shortly.