By April 2001 the general manager of the club was in talks to move to Sheffield. The Jesters were subsequently banned by the league from hiring new players due to the non-payment of salaries, but shortly before the start of the 2001-2 season Paul Smith, the chairman of the team, was still insisting that they would be playing that season. The club was then shut down.
By April 2001, the general manager of the Jesters was exploring a transfer to Sheffield. As a consequence, the league prohibited the team from recruiting new players because of unpaid salaries, but prior to the start of the 2001-2 season, Paul Smith, the club's chairman, insisted that they would compete. The club was subsequently shut down.