Beattie and Accrington part company

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BREAKING NEWS: Accrington Stanley and James Beattie have decided to terminate their contract by mutual consent with immediate effect. #SSNHQ

 

Guess he's been on the muffins again. Not news I'd been expecting

[John Boy Saint]

Blimey that's a surprise. Especially as he dipped into his own readies to help the cash flow/wages at the club some time ago.

[Ziggy]

Have Liverpool put an offer in for him yet?

[supersonic]

lost 5 and won 1 this season - hardly a surprise.

 

hope he gets another chance somewhere

[beatlesaint]

Had a bad start last year and he turned it around. Quite surprised considering his generosity in helping out financially.

[Doctoroncall]

lost 5 and won 1 this season - hardly a surprise.

 

hope he gets another chance somewhere

 

Lowest wage bill in the FL and rely on frees and loans so he's done well so far. Must be another reason.

[sotonist]

did he ever bother getting his coaching badges?

[Lets B Avenue]

He will probably be the new Blackpool manager next week. Frying pans to fires, methinks.

[Kenilworthy]

Nonsensical decision. What would they expect any manager to achieve with their resources? I saw their first game of the season and they didn't look that bad, and were trying to play decent football, even if Lee Barnard scored Southend's winner from a penalty.

[The Cat]

He mentioned in an article the other day that his family still live down this way and he has a ridiculous amount of travelling to do. Maybe the mutual consent bit is true.

[Batman]

Nonsensical decision. What would they expect any manager to achieve with their resources? I saw their first game of the season and they didn't look that bad, and were trying to play decent football, even if Lee Barnard scored Southend's winner from a penalty.

 

Maybe he was keen on the split?

[Pat from Poole]

He mentioned in an article the other day that his family still live down this way and he has a ridiculous amount of travelling to do. Maybe the mutual consent bit is true.

Yup. Still lives in Poole with wife and kids. Kids were at same school as my kids while his kids were on the waiting list for a school in the posh part of Poole, which they were ultimately able to get in. He was on the school run more regularly than I would have imagined likely given the demands of his job.

[CB Fry]

Nonsensical decision. What would they expect any manager to achieve with their resources? I saw their first game of the season and they didn't look that bad, and were trying to play decent football, even if Lee Barnard scored Southend's winner from a penalty.

 

If any other manager is going to do just as well/as badly then doesn't really matter that they've sacked him does it.

[Whitey Grandad]

If any other manager is going to do just as well/as badly then doesn't really matter that they've sacked him does it.

 

Not sacked : mutual consent.

[Miltonaggro]

Apparently the Accrington chairman is a violent nudist, who attacked Beattie in the shower. There's a pattern forming here...