Grays Athletic chairman Mike Woodward has announced he will step down at the end of this season, but will remain at the club as a director.

Woodward made the decision in the aftermath of Tuesday's 4-1 defeat at Histon in the Blue Square Premier.

He told BBC Essex: "I can't keep on financing a club at this level when I've got people who don't want me.

"They [the fans] made it very evident last night, I think my time is up as chairman and I'm going to stand down."

Woodward has bank-rolled the club up to the top-flight of the non-league game and picked up two FA Trophies in the process.

This year the club have had to slash the wage bill by fifty per cent and are struggling in the relegation zone.

He added: "People are very hard to please, they've turned against me and I'm not having it.

"I've got my family to look after, my business is more important than football but at the end of day football is very much at my heart.

"I've stopped putting money into the side, that's it."

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