STEVE Daley has quit as Bromsgrove Rovers manager for the second time.

The former Wolves and Manchester City player has left the troubled Dr Martens League Western Division club for "personal reasons", according to the club's chief executive Pat Bannister.

The decision is believed to be connected to an incident in Worcester city centre, where several of the players went following the club's final game of the season at Cirencester on May 6.

Bannister declined to go into full details but confirmed: "Several of the players were fined by the club for their conduct."

Daley was unavailable for comment today, but Bannister said: "I am disappointed he has decided to resign because we thought he would be the manager to take us forward.

"He hasn't spoken to the board yet but we will be looking to speak to him in more detail this week."

Daley, who was briefly the most expensive player in British football when he joined Manchester City from Wolves in 1979, first joined Rovers in February 1998, succeeding Brian Kenning, but surprisingly quit the following August.

He returned later the same season but was unable to prevent their relegation from the Premier Division.

The club continued to struggle last season amid financial problems that almost forced its closure.

Daley and his assistant Phil Parkes offered to work without wages for as the club fought successfully to fend off a winding-up order from the Inland Revenue.

Bannister added: "He has had a difficult season this year and it was more a case of keeping us in the division which he succeeded in doing. We are very grateful for his efforts."

Rovers will now be looking for their fifth manager in two years, and Daley's successor will be discussed by the Bromsgrove board on June 6.

Bannister said several people have already ex-pressed an interest in the post, including the club's current skipper Mark Bowater, former player Kevin Ashley and ex-Kidderminster and Halesowen midfielder Malcolm Hazlewood.