A video of 24-year-old Howlett-Mundle receiving a round of applause from his team-mates as he made the announcement before Tuesday’s 3-1 defeat in a pre-season friendly defeat at Ashford United was posted by the club on social media.
Lindsey was appointed in October 2019 and took the Chats to top position in the Southern Counties East Premier with ten wins out of 11 games before last season was curtailed.
Formed in 2014 by current chairman Kevin Oakes and a group of friends as a Sunday club, they entered Saturday football two years later and began climbing the pyramid from the Kent Country League’s Division Three West.
Alexander, 41, was on the books of a number of clubs including West Ham United, Exeter City, Swindon Town, Hull City and Burton Albion, and also had a spell as caretaker manager of Crawley Town alongside Martin Hinshelwood.
A former chairman of the Aylesford-based club previously known as APM Contrast, Atkins was appointed in August 2019 following the resignation of long-serving Kris Browning and his assistant Graham Martin.