Jackson recalls Charlton departure

On his Substack platform Richard Cawley has an hour long interview with AFC Wmbledon manager Johnnie Jackson.   Here are some excerpts relating to his departure from Charlton:

"It’s a shame it ended like that. It’s not the club’s fault and I don’t hold any gripes towards the football club. It is on him [Sandgaard], as far as I’m concerned. He could’ve pulled me that night. What was I going to do? Start screaming and shouting? I would have been upset but would have thanked him for the opportunity.

“I had the fans on my side. I had the players on my side. We got them winning. We had started that season horrendously, let’s have it right, we were in the bottom three and we had nine points after 13 games. We were in trouble."

“We went on that winning run and they gave me the job - I think reluctantly - on a full-time basis because they probably had to.

“We know they put some unrealistic parameters in for me to have to get the job on a longer term."

"Knowing what I know now, I think I’d be in a much better position to take over when I did. But the facts remain I’d still be in the middle of a season, not having had a pre-season or a window to recruit and no stability around what I was doing."