There is shock news this lunchtime that Les Davies is to sign for Welsh Premier team, Flint Town United, and will probably find himself in their squad for the match against Caernarfon Town tomorrow evening.

Like many players, Les has found the long period without competitive football extremely frustrating and, with his extensive experience of playing at the top level, has found the opportunity to get back into match action too attractive to miss at this time.

It was late last night that both Les and the Club first came to know about Flint’s interest and following discussions between the player and 1876 management it was agreed that we would not stand in his way even though he will be sadly missed.

The situation we found ourselves in resulted from the differences between the way in which Clubs in the lower tiers are treated compared with Tier One clubs in the face of the Covid pandemic which results in an inequitable situation in relation to offering playing opportunities.

Obviously we wish Les well down the coast.