Manager Carl Shutt has begun restructuring his squad following the disappointing midweek home defeat to bottom club Vauxhall Motors.

Centre forward Karl Colley has left the club and others will follow. Shutt claimed the side cheated the Avenue supporters. The 1-0 defeat left him disconsolate but not devoid of ideas.

Keeper Andrew Britton, who Shutt brought in on loan from Coca-Cola Championship side Sheffield United last season and brought back from his native America for this campaign, was the only one of 14 players who came out of the debacle with any credit.

Shutt said: "I live and breathe the club, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and take it to heart when we drop points. The supporters work all week and pay their hard-earned money at the gate to come and watch.

"The people who work for Avenue as volunteers, on the turnstiles, as stewards or selling raffle tickets do it because they love the club. The last thing they deserve is to see the players getting their wages for nothing.

"The only thing we did right on Wednesday was play in white because it was a total surrender. The white flag could not have gone any higher, there was no chance of any injuries for today's game at Stalybridge because no one got in any tackles or put their body on the line for the cause.

"That must sicken the supporters and they won't come back if they see that recurring so even though it is one game I will move to stop it now. In the other defeats I have seen effort, commitment, passion even, but on Wednesday I saw fear and if anyone feels that, then it is time for them to move on."

Shutt is attempting to lift Avenue with a shake-up from top to bottom. He is currently setting up sponsorship deals to fund the football in the community scheme and overhaul the youth teams as well as trying to improve the first-team squad."If these lads bottle it once they could do it again. It's not Highbury, it's not Old Trafford but there must be lads in Bradford that would give their right arm to play for Avenue."