NO TREW LOVE AS RAY GETS READY TO DEPART
“MINDLESS abuse”, according to Ray Trew, is the reason he resigned his position as Notts County chairman this week and put the club up for sale.
Trew bought the Magpies in February 2010 for £1 with them £1.5m in debt yet, in his first season in charge, achieved promotion from League Two.
However in recent times they have experienced poor results on the pitch.
Notts were relegated from League One last term and in December sacked thenmanager Ricardo Moniz after a slow start to the season.
Jamie Fullarton was an unpopular replacement in the dugout having never managed before and is yet to oversee a victory in front of the Meadow Lane faithful.
Fans’ anger has been vented at the Trew family, both online and in person, and now the club’s one-time saviour, who values his stake in Notts at £8-10m, is set to go.
“It is with very mixed emotions that I announce the end of my tenure as chairman of Notts County Football Club, as I put the club up for sale, having re-evaluated my position in light of recent events,” he wrote in an open letter to supporters.
“I must start by stressing that this is not me backing away from a challenge, I do not do that and, indeed, if I’d have wanted to I would have done so some time ago because it has been a difficult journey at times.
“However, when my family are subjected to the kind of foul, mindless abuse that they have been in recent days, both in person and courtesy of the oh so brave keyboard warriors, regardless of whether this is just the minority ruining it for the larger supporter base, I have to make changes.
“Whilst I have a somewhat bad taste in my mouth from the vitriol spouted by some, I do not walk away lingering on any negativity but instead will take with me the many happy memories that I have accrued from my time at Meadow Lane.”