I have enjoyed eight wonderful years at Ebbsfleet United, says Liam Daish

EBBSFLEET UNITED have confirmed this afternoon that manager Liam Daish has left the club by mutual consent.

The club will be playing Conference South football next season, following their second relegation in three years under Daish, who otherwise kept the club in the Conference Premier against all odds.
 
Daish’s best moment at the club was beating Torquay United 1-0 to win the FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium in May 2008.

In a statement, CEO Jessica McQueen told www.ebbsfleetunited.co.uk that Daish has left Stonebridge Road after eight-years in charge.

She said: “The new owners of the club and Liam sat down today and had a frank and amicable discussion about the problems that currently face the club as well as the future plans for it when KEH Sports Ltd assumes control of the club at the end of May.

“In the light of those discussions both parties agreed that this is the right time for the club to effect a change in the first-team management arrangements. Liam has been at the club for some eight years and created his place in Ebbsfleet’s history when the club won the FA Trophy for the first time ever.

“Liam has left on very good terms and the prospective new owners have made it clear he will be welcome back at any time in the future. Liam has even offered to pass on any appropriate knowledge to the new management team which says everything about the man.”

Daish added: “I have enjoyed eight wonderful years at Ebbsfleet United and have brought the club some of the most successful times in its history.

“Obviously last season’s relegation was a major disappointment but the financial problems off the pitch did not help and I am pleased that the club will now have owners that will stabilise the financial position of the club and hopefully take it forward.

“I must thank all the players who played for me at my time at the club as well as all the backroom and office staff. Above all I must thank the supporters who have always backed me 100% and I hope this is the start of better times ahead for the club. I will certainly be looking out for their results with a keen interest.”

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