The National League season ended last weekend and board chairman Brian Barwick has stood down.
It's been a difficult season for most clubs but especially for those in National North and South. Promised funding did not come up to expectation for many clubs and there was a feeling that the League board failed in its role to look after some of its member clubs.
Recently there was a vote of no confidence in the board but this failed because the League do not have a system of one club one vote.
"There has to be some work done at restoring a level of trust," Barwick told BBC Sport.
"If there are any lessons to be learned or a need to pull the league together, there may be opportunities through a new chair and a new general manager and a couple of new board members."
The former chairman spoke about his time in charge before the play-off final.
"I have been in a lot of roles where part of the reality of the position is that you come in for a level of criticism. Sometimes it's fair, sometimes it's unfair and sometimes it's very unfair," he said.
"But I always believe a bit of dignity and class goes a long way.
"Sure it has been tough. Yes, some of it has been personal. In the end you have to accept some of it - but not all of it. You don't have to read all of it or see all of it. But you don't ignore it. It is the reality to the people who are saying it and you have to respect it.
"But it is also true that we have been hit, as a global sport, with something we have never had to manage before and I pray we won't have to do so again."
