Paul Booth left Folkestone Invicta because he didn’t want to fall out with manager Neil Cugley.

The striker, who turns 38 next Thursday, agreed to join Tunbridge Wells on Friday after the Southern Counties East club put in a seven-day approach to speak to him.

Booth scored what turned out to be his final Invicta goal against Tooting on December 13 and had a hand in their other two in the 3-1 win.

But he was left on the bench for the trip to Chipstead a week later and, with a possible summer move to Wells on the horizon anyway, Martin Larkin’s subsequent offer to drop down a league a few months sooner made his mind up.

Booth said: "A few little things happened at Folkestone which made me a little bit unhappy.

"They got another forward in (Richard Atkins) and he started in front of me the other week. I’d scored one and set up two in the previous game so I was a bit disappointed with that. It made me re-assess, that maybe it was time for a change.

"I get on well with Cugs and didn’t want to fall out with him, so it was a good time to go.

"When you leave a club, there can be bitterness but there is none at all in this case. I hope they get promoted because the club deserve it."

Read the full interview in the Folkestone & Hythe Express.