Saltdean's director of football Paul Hubbard has admitted the club is a shambles.

The Tigers have lost 10-1 and 12-0 in their last two games against Whitehawk and Burgess Hill.

Manager Mick Ford is currently on holiday in the Caribbean. Ford, appointed last month, signed eight new players but had just one game in charge before flying off.

In his absence, Ford's son Danny has been picking the team with former Whitehawk boss Hubbard helping out.

But Hubbard is keen to distance himself from the current goings on.

He said: "I have been involved in senior football for 27 years and I have never seen anything like it. It is a case of total indiscipline.

"At training last Thursday just three people turned up. I had 18 turn up last Sunday for my under-sevens team but the first team, reserves and thirds could only muster three between them.

"We have had players refusing to play in positions we have asked them to play in.

"Against Whitehawk we were down to eight men (three were sent off), we had two players injured and we had two subs, one of whom, Aaron MacMillan, refused to go on.

"Hassocks have made an approach for him but I can't believe Dave John would want a player who refuses to go on as substitute.

"A lot of the young players here have an unearned arrogance about them."

Hubbard says there are two distinct sets of players within the team, both of which are to blame for the problems.

He said: "They don't want to play together. We have got two sets of players on the pitch and one is blaming the other. The players who are coming down from London (Ford's signings) are blaming those already here and those already here are saying it is the others' fault."

Ford returns on Sunday and Hubbard said he expects there to be a showdown meeting in an attempt to sort out what is going on at the club.

He added: "After the Burgess Hill game there were players laughing and joking in the changing room.

"I have put out some bad teams in my time, a lot worse than the one that played against Burgess Hill on Tuesday, but they have always gone out and battled for me."