EFL membership slammed for sacking decade-long legendary supervisor with 44-word message
Fans have proven their distaste for Accrington Stanley‘s method after sacking supervisor John Coleman.
The lower-league veteran has led the membership for nearly 1 / 4 of a century throughout two separate spells on the Crown Ground. However, that did not stop the League Two membership from saying his exit in ruthless method as they took simply 44 phrases to substantiate the departure.
Coleman, 61, first took cost of the ‘Owd Reds’ in 1999 following their relegation to the Northern Premier League Division One. That spell final 13 years earlier than returning in 2014 for one more decade-long deployment, not that one would have guessed as a lot from Stanley’s preliminary assertion.
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“Accrington Stanley can today confirm that John Coleman and [assistant coach] Jimmy Bell have been informed that their contracts are terminated with immediate effect,” learn the membership’s announcement. “Everyone at the club thanks them for their long-standing service and we wish them all the very best for the future.”
The membership has gone 4 video games with no win and at the moment sits sixteenth in League Two, with their probabilities of promotion slipping additional out of attain. However, that did not cease some followers airing their grievances with the transient trend through which Coleman was given his farewell.
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One fan requested: “Are you taking the p***? They deserve better than that, after such brilliant and long service.” Another merely wrote: “Owners do not care.”
Former Accrington Stanley goalkeeper James Speare – who made greater than 300 appearances for the membership – joined the criticism on X (previously Twitter): “That statement is not worthy of the club that I know and was proud to play for, and for me, is disrespectful of the service JC & JB have given. Maybe it has been coming for a while as some have said. That doesn’t excuse the p*** poor press release!!”
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Coleman earned 4 promotions throughout his time on the books in Lancashire, ending on the prime of the desk on every of these events.
The membership did take motion by releasing a further assertion a day after the preliminary announcement. And it was there managing director David Burgess acknowledged Accrington Stanley “would not be an EFL club” with out Coleman and Bell’s arduous work.
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“From coming here in 1999 and leading Accrington Stanley back into the Football League after 44 years was a dream come true for everyone then associated with the club,” he stated. “Their commitment to the club throughout their two managerial stints was unquestionable, and that along with their successes, has made the club what it is today.
“With the likelihood of creating the promotion Play-Offs quickly diminishing, we determined to make the adjustments now so we had time, between now and the top of the season, to work on what we really feel is required sooner or later for the most effective of Accrington Stanley.”
