By Mark Carruthers

SUNDERLAND RCA manager Steve Riley is focusing on on-field matters after the Wearside club confirmed they had tendered their provisional resignation from the Northern League. A statement this week explained RCA have found it “it increasingly difficult in recent seasons to sustain football at his level in terms of finance, support, and active committee involvement” and felt they had to give the league “fair notice” of their intention to resign at the end of the season. However, the club have also stressed they are hopeful of finding a...