Marcel Nimani leaves Southern Counties East Premier Division side Whitstable Town

Whitstable Town have announced the departure of manager Marcel Nimani.

The Oystermen sit seventh in the SCEFL Premier Division table and are unlikely to make up enough ground to finish inside the play-offs.

With three games remaining, Nimani has handed in his resignation, with his last game a 5-0 win over Sutton Athletic.

A club statement said: “Whitstable Town first-team manager Marcel Nimani has today informed the club that he wishes to step down from his position with immediate effect.

“Head coach Craig Coles has also resigned.

“The board would like to thank both Marcel and Craig very much for all of their hard work during their time at the club since joining in October 2022.

“Dan Eason has kindly agreed to manage the team for the remaining games of this season and we are grateful to him for his continued support.

“A decision will then be made about managerial appointments for the 2024-25 season.”

In his own statement on social media, Nimani wrote: “(The) reasons are irrelevant - what goes in the house should always stay in the house.

“But the journey is all that matters.

“(It was) a tough decision to depart from a wonderful club, which I have grown to love in the past 15 months.

“WTFC is an incredible club but also a very difficult challenge, as their history has proven. It cannot always be down to the managers as they have all been creditable candidates.

“Ultimately, progress is progress and, one day, that turns into success.

“If you keep knocking down progress - however small you perceive it to be - you will never grow progress enough to turn it into success.

“Us as a management team, collectively with everyone associated at the club, we made plenty of progress and I’m extremely proud of the turnaround and the