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Bedford manager Lee Bircham is to leave his post at the end of the season.
Bedford Town Football Club can confirm manager Lee Bircham has submitted his resignation. Lee will remain in his role until the end of the season, but will not be in charge for the 2026/27 campaign.
Lee
joined the Eagles in May 2023 and led the club to an immediate return to
step three, via the Southern League Division One Central playoffs in
May 2024. With the aim of survival at step three, Bircham then surprised
the non league community by winning last season’s PitchingIn Southern
League Premier Division Central. The title winning season saw the Eagles
return to step two for the first time in 19 years.
The club’s first
season in the Enterprise National League North has led to town remaining
outside the relegation zone for the large majority of the season. With
survival at step two the sole aim of the campaign, Lee and the club
remain focused on achieving this in the last two games of the season,
starting with our trip to South Shields on Saturday.
The board of
Bedford Town would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Lee for
guiding the club through an extraordinary period of progression over
the last three years. It was a goal to return to step three when Lee
took over, but the progression on the field has been gigantic under his
stewardship.
The club also fully value the contribution Lee has given
off the field, developing a special relationship with the supporters,
volunteers, officials and partners of the club. It will be of
disappointment to many that Lee is departing from the post of Manager at
the Eyrie. However, the board accept Lee’s reasons for his resignation
and remain motivated on achieving the goals set at the start of the
season, together.
Attention now turns to our final two Enterprise
National League North fixtures. Lee’s final game in charge of the Eagles
comes against Scarborough on Saturday 25th April, kicking off at the
earlier time of 12:30pm at the Eyrie.
Lee departs at the start of
May with our sincere thanks, appreciation and best wishes for the next
role in football and personally.