Byrne resigns

Sunderland chief executive Margaret Byrne resigns following the Adam Johnson child abuse case.

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No suprise.

 

So the buck stops with her ?

 

maybe we will get someone in who knows a bit about football now?
Hear McClaren could be free soon lol.

 

Yep

 

Club Statement
Published: 08 March, 2016
by Sunderland AFC

Club statement from Sunderland AFC.

The Board of Sunderland AFC has today accepted the resignation of Margaret Byrne.

Margaret, in her role as CEO, was responsible for the running of the club. She was also accountable for the actions taken by the club in relation to Mr. Johnson. Sunderland AFC acknowledges that Margaret's intentions have always been to act in the best interests of the club, however it has become clear through our own internal investigations that in this instance decisions have been taken by Margaret in error.

Whilst swift and decisive action was taken to terminate Mr. Johnson’s employment upon his guilty plea, decisions taken prior to this, including the decision not to suspend him for a second time pending the outcome of the trial, were wrong. In light of what has been acknowledged by Margaret as a serious error of judgment on her part, we have undertaken a full review of the club’s decision-making processes to ensure that there can be no such mistakes in the future.

Throughout this deeply regretful situation, we recognise that one devoted young fan and her family have been very badly let down, first and foremost by Mr. Johnson and his despicable actions, but also by the club they support. We are so very sorry for this.

Mr. Johnson lied to the club; he also lied to our fans and they have every right to feel aggrieved by this. Lessons have been learned and we hope that the club and its fans can move forward from this together.

 

Had to happen. The whole Johnson saga is now over as far as the club's involvement is concerned.

 

Resign or get the boot that reads to me.

 

Fair enough from the club, I said she ****ed up though silly git

 

Can we get somebody good now please.

Somebody who knows what they`re doing.

Her tenure has been awful imo.

 

Every cloud

 

This is utterly ridiculous..She has done nothing wrong and has been hounded out by the press and media..

 

It`s an opportunity as long as Short doesn`t give the job to one of his pals relatives.

 

We always get rid of one of the hierarchy before the derby.

 

"the decision not to suspend him for a second time pending the outcome of the trial, were wrong. In light of what has been acknowledged by Margaret as a serious error of judgment on her part"

That would suggest otherwise.

 

Some questions pinging around my head after reading that.

Why wasn't this mentioned in the first statement?

What the hell are your sponsors thinking?

She's soiled your club's good name, she should have had that dirty bastard suspended the entire time. She's made that call, it's her fault. SAFC have paid the price here for two idiots.

 

I would imagine it was that or be fired.

 

Sunderland in 2007 and was appointed chief executive in 2011, said in a statement: "Contrary to what has been suggested, I did not understand that Mr Johnson intended to change his plea at trial or at all.

"I was astounded when he did plead guilty.

"I accept that Mr Johnson should not have been permitted to play again, irrespective of what he was going to plead.

"It was a serious error of judgement and I accept full responsibility for this."

 

That would be my guess. She won`t be a pauper that`s a cert.

 

I still would, though . . . . eh, Billy