We now have the full story behind Mark Pye's brief stay at the club. Dave Anderson brought Mark to the club late last week, as he has known him for many years and they are old friends. Mark made an appearance in the reserves on Saturday with a view to signing for the club. Dave wrote in tonight's programme about Mark's arrival saying "I have known Mark for a long time, I also know and have worked with George Bog and I spent three different spells with Harrow Borough, so I am familiar with all three parties."

"Other clubs had invited Mark to join them following his departure from Earlsmead and so I had a long chat with him and decided that I would bring him here. I am still, as always, on the look-out for other players to strengthen the squad and if they become available, and we can afford them, then I will hopefully be able to persuade them to join us at Hendon. We have a lot of youngsters in the side, and more coming through, but we still need to have a good backbone of experience in the line up."

However, as people will be aware, the signing was unpopular with many supporters, and the club and the website received several comments expressing their upset and annoyance at the arrival of Mark to the club. As a result, secretary Graham Etchell called vice-chairman Andrew Landesberg to explain the situation, and Andrew in turn called Dave Anderson, and it was agreed that it was in the best interests of Hendon Football Club that the signing of Mark Pye would not be persued and that he would be released by the club with immediate effect.