A regular contender in recent years for a place in the top flight, it's been a period of turbulence for Michael United football club.

In the space of just two weeks or so, the Kirk Michael-based side have seemingly gone from outward stability to seeing a mass exodus of first team players.

So how - seemingly out of the blue - has the club ended up in this situation? And what's the immediate plan going forward?

In this extended interview, we spoke with stand-in Michael United first team manager Michael Corlett: