BELLE Vue Social have withdrawn from the Essex and Suffolk Border League.
The Colchester-based premier division club have struggled to field a team in recent weeks and have called it a day in the premier division.
The 2022 Acorn Charity Shield winners confirmed the news on social media.
Writing on X, they said: 'After not being able to raise 11 last weekend & the same thing happening this Sat the club have made the decision to fold, sad for it to end this way but memories & friendships to last a lifetime Thanks to all who’ve put the shirt on over the years'.
After not being able to raise 11 last weekend & the same thing happening this Sat the club have made the decision to fold, sad for it to end this way but memories & friendships to last a lifetime Thanks to all who’ve put the shirt on over the years #sinedinecentraltilfinepaid
— Belle Vue FC ⚽️ (@Bellevuefc) March 20, 2026
There were five premier division games played, with some surprise results.
Mid-table side AFC Pegasus Colchester beat leaders Great Bentley, 3-1.
And second-placed Sudbury Sports lost by a single goal against third-bottom team, White Notley.
Fourth-placed East Thurrock gained a point in a 0-0 draw at Earls Colne, who stay fifth.
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The biggest movers this week were Thorpe Athletic who beat bottom club Alresford Colne Rangers 6-1, thanks to hat-tricks from both Luke Barnard and Samuel Thompson.
The other top-flight match saw Springfield win 4-1 at Gas Recreation.
Troubled division one bottom team FC Clacton Reserves pulled out, leaving leaders Gosfield United sidelined.
Gosfield remain eight points ahead of The Rodings and Little Waltham who overcame Tavern, 3-0.
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Third-placed Clacton Regent beat Great Bentley Reserves 4-1, but fourth-placed Prettygate could only draw 2-2 with Hedinghams United.
Dovercourt Rovers got back to winning ways after beating Hatfield Peverel Reserves 1-0 and Frinton and Walton shared the points with Lawford Lads.
Bradfield Rovers remain top of division two but had to settle for a single point against Boxford Rovers in a 3-3 draw.
Similarly, third-placed Gas Recreation Reserves were also held to a 1-1 draw by Cressing United Reserves.
West Bergholt bounced back from last week’s defeat by beating winless Great Bradfords, while Wormingford Wanderers defeated Cavendish, 2-1.
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In division three, Tiptree JobServe stay top after a single goal victory against Stillwaters.
Archie Smith scored a hat-trick as Great Bentley A hit six without reply against bottom team Brooklands.
Boxted Lodgers also hit six without reply at Oyster but the surprise result was second-bottom side Roman Rovers beating third-placed Harwich and Parkeston A, 4-0.
Division four's bottom team Elmstead Market Reserves defeated Tollesbury 5-2, while leaders Frinton and Walton Reserves saw off Wormingford Wanderers Reserves 3-1 and stay two points ahead of Roman Rovers A, who beat Prettygate Reserves, 5-1.
Kelvedon Social succumbed to a 3-1 home defeat to Bradfield Rovers Reserves, while Rayne and Tendring District drew 2-2.
The first Border League Knock-Out Cup quarter-final went to penalties with premier division side Cressing United beating division two outfit Silver End United, after the scores were level at normal full-time.
In the outstanding Richard Degville Cup first-round tie, Hedinghams United Reserves beat Wivenhoe United 4-1 to progress to a meeting with Rayne in the next round.
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