Victor Gladwish has accused the Sussex FA of blocking his proposals for a new non-league cup competition even though they were turned down by the Football Association.

The Horsham-based millionaire is furious that plans for the GLS Cup have been shelved because the FA say it is too late in the season to start the competition.

Gladwish's company 'Gladwish Land Sales' currently sponsors 20 non-league clubs, including nine from Sussex, among them Crawley, Worthing and Horsham YMCA.

Those clubs and a further 19 invited teams, who are in line for sponsorship next season, were due to take part in the new competition.

It was going to be split into five regionalised sections with the winner of each going through to a Super Cup competition at the beginning of next season.

Teams would be rewarded cash prizes whether they won or lost.

The competition had to be agreed by the FA Sanction and Registration committee because it included teams from all over the country.

The game's governing body ruled out the GLS Cup last week, but Gladwish believes the Sussex FA are to blame.

He said: "We put in a lot of work to set out our proposals and before the meeting the FA told me that the GLS Cup itself could have gone forward.

"We did everything they wanted and had the backing of all the teams who were going to take part. The only region we had a problem with was the Sussex FA.

"They had someone on the FA committee and in my opinion they didn't want it to happen. There were to be more teams in Sussex involved than anywhere else so they are obviously going to have a bigger say.

"It is a fob-off and I won't stand for it."

Chief executive Ken Benham strongly denied the Sussex FA had anything to do with the FA's decision.

He said: "The County FA have had no input into the decision whatsoever.

"If it had been just a regionalised competition then it would have been up to us to sanction it, but it involved other clubs so it was left in the hands of the FA.

"A county representative does sit on the Sanction and Registrations committee, but as chief executive of the Sussex FA I can say I have had no input into the debate."

Gladwish has still not ruled out the GLS Cup being introduced this season but admits he may use the money he set aside to sponsor other clubs instead.

He said: "If I get a very quick apology from the people involved then we are back on.

"If not then I don't know if I will bother with it. I set aside £90,000 for this competition over the next five years and that could be used to help up to 30 teams, so I may go down that line instead."