PRESTATYN Town’s joint-manager Leon Field can look back on his time at the club with an enormous sense of pride after stepping down from the post.

The popular figure left his role prior to their weekend clash against Ruthin Town, ending a short stay at the Motion Finance Stadium following his summer move from Kinmel Bay.

New owners are always going to bring their own ideas and it seems that Field has paid the price for that in many ways, but he can hold his head high in terms of what he managed to achieved at the club in such a short period of time.

He deserves enormous credit for agreeing to take up such a challenge given the state the Seasiders found themselves in over the summer after all but one of their relegated JD Welsh Premier League squad departed for pastures new, but Field and Ryan Turner brought in hungry, enthusiastic players who had plenty to prove at second tier level in a bid to stabilise the club.

It has not been easy, not by any stretch of the imagination, but after watching Town on a number of occasions this season they cannot be faulted for effort although they have lacked quality in the final third of the field on occasions.

Field and Turner both recognised this and brought in prolific forward Ian Griffiths from Prestatyn Sports, and this has instantly paid dividends and they turned in their best performance of the campaign to date last weekend in their 4-0 home victory over Penrhyncoch.

This is why such a move is even more baffling, especially when it is visible to everyone that there are definite signs of improvement. With so many new faces it was not going to be an overnight success and if the new owners are expecting that instantly then they have bought the wrong club.

Town need to consolidate after a few turbulent years on and off the field, and although they now have the security long-term this move leaves more questions than answers going forward and it would be a surprise if the new people at the helm did not have a contingency plan, perhaps even prior to this development.

Whether Field was jumped or if he was pushed in relation to his decision is irrelevant. The timing is far from ideal ahead of such a big game and it will be interesting to see how the squad reacts to losing someone that they hold in very high regard.

Field did wonders with Kinmel Bay to not only turn them into a strong outfit on the field, but also a prominent figure within the community and he deserved more than a chance to prove himself at a higher level than the six league games he ended up taking charge of.

These are certainly interesting times at Prestatyn Town, and it remains to be seen whether or not this move will have a positive or detrimental effect throughout what is already turning out to be an ultra-competitive Huws Gray Alliance.