Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Two more shock sackings



It's been a day for sackings/resignations in the world of football: Curbs has gone at West Ham claiming a breach of trust and Kevin Keegan's future at Newcastle remains uncertain. Now the world of non-league football has been rocked by two dramatic departures.

Leamington supremo David Hucker has left the New Windmill Ground. The departure does not seem to have been all that amicable as he was prepared to stay until the end of the month, but was told to clear out his office immediately (not that he had one). The Brakes currently have a 100 per cent record this season.

It was evident at a rather tense annual general meeting of the club that a minority of supporters did not like the way the highly effective public sector management consultant had carried out his duties. Subsequently, the board decided not to re-appoint him as chairman, but to operate without a chairman, an unusual arrangement to say the least.

My view of voluntary organisations is that you get as much hassle as you do at work, indeed more because there are fewer effective constraints on how people conduct themselves. And you don't get any financial compensation.

The other sacking came at Woking, languishing at the bottom of the Conference. After just seven matches in charge, former Charlton striker Kim Grant was given his cards by the Cards.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Lets make it 4 and get rid of Chappell and Waggott.Sound like undertakers anyway.