sentences:  The Second World War, the termination by the landlords of the club's lease on Brown's Ground, and other financial difficulties led to the end of the club.Day-to-day operations and all playing activities ceased at the end of the 1940–41 season, with the club surviving only on paper until 1949 when they officially resigned from the Football Association and folded.The site of the club's ground now forms part of the playing fields of the Haberdashers Askes Federation.