Former Aldershot director Leighton Moat has revealed that a boardroom wrangle led to his departure.

The Shots have been without a chairman since the death of John McGinty in August and Moat and vice-chairman Tony Taylor left the Recreation Ground last week following a hastily arranged EGM.

"Earlier in the year I, along with some others, invested considerable monies into the club on the understanding certain existing board members resigned their positions. At that time, the board of investors became the 'investment board', the main board of the club," Moat said in a statement released to Aldershot News & Mail.

"The 'operational board' (which was not a board but a committee) was only created to allow those directors who had agreed to resign to be called directors still and enjoy the benefits - but have none of the responsibility that goes with it.

"Unfortunately, at a meeting last Tuesday week, called by Kris Machala, and those directors who had already agreed to resign several months ago, I was advised they would no longer be resigning, despite all monies having been invested into the club.

"This left me and the minority outvoted and the problem of an ongoing split board. Clearly this could not work, so I was left with no choice but to resign my position as I am not prepared to sit round a board table with people who renege on minuted decisions."