Kevin MacDonald

[Damo70]

It knocked my journalist son's career back very badly when he refused to interview Jimmy Savile.  Such was the level of entrenchment of wrongdoers in our society.  I should add that Savile was at the height of his power but the truth about him was widely known by many.

A couple of Christmases ago I got the excellent book 'Headlines Deadlines All My Life' by the brilliant old school sports journalist Norman Giller. He was also involved in some TV script writing including This Is Your Life. He said his biggest regret was going against his principles by helping to script the Saville This Is Your Life despite he and most if not all of the people who worked on the show knowing (or at the very least suspecting) Saville was involved in wrongdoing.

Going back to MacDonald the biggest criticism of Villa is how long it appears MacDonald got away with his unacceptable behaviour.

[Diablo]

I wonder how this will pan out? The club has spent quite some time gathering the information (8 months by the look of it) before the disciplinary but the fact that they are still asking for witnesses to come forward to support their case could mean that they still need more evidence? I'd imagine that MacDonald will fight it (to defend/clear his name) and probably take it to an employment tribunal as it will probably mean he won't get another job (especially in football). I wonder how long this could drag out for and if it will end up in a pay off?

[Risso]

I wonder how this will pan out? The club has spent quite some time gathering the information (8 months by the look of it) before the disciplinary but the fact that they are still asking for witnesses to come forward to support their case could mean that they still need more evidence?

Or it could be that they know that there are legal cases incoming, so would prefer as many people to come forward so that they can get them sorted as quickly as possible.

[Diablo]

I wonder how this will pan out? The club has spent quite some time gathering the information (8 months by the look of it) before the disciplinary but the fact that they are still asking for witnesses to come forward to support their case could mean that they still need more evidence?

Or it could be that they know that there are legal cases incoming, so would prefer as many people to come forward so that they can get them sorted as quickly as possible.

Ah yes of course. I hadn't thought of the bigger picture and that people might have already started cases against the club before the result of the disciplinary. What a mess.

[London Villan]

We’ll look back on this period of our history as one infected with poisonous players, coaching staff, managers, directors and owners. Some of the stuff that has gone on is unbelievable.

[mike]

It knocked my journalist son's career back very badly when he refused to interview Jimmy Savile.  Such was the level of entrenchment of wrongdoers in our society.  I should add that Savile was at the height of his power but the truth about him was widely known by many.

Good for him, Brian and shocking that he should be the one to suffer while Saville was allowed a free pass.

[Diablo]

It knocked my journalist son's career back very badly when he refused to interview Jimmy Savile.  Such was the level of entrenchment of wrongdoers in our society.  I should add that Savile was at the height of his power but the truth about him was widely known by many.

Good for him, Brian and shocking that he should be the one to suffer while Saville was allowed a free pass.

I could see me buying your son a lot of drinks if I ever had the pleasure to meet him Brian.

[Neil Hawkes]

I'm Brians' son!

[david wall]

I'm Brians' son!

No I’m Brian’s son 😀

[Diablo]

I'm Brians' son!

Haha! "I'm Spartacus"? Well if so, it would be my pleasure and the offer stands (although I may have to resort to sending you a drink if you're in Cyprus?)

[Clampy]

It knocked my journalist son's career back very badly when he refused to interview Jimmy Savile.  Such was the level of entrenchment of wrongdoers in our society.  I should add that Savile was at the height of his power but the truth about him was widely known by many.

Out of interest, how did it knock his career back?

[The Edge]

I'm Brians' son!

No I’m Brian’s son 😀

I'm Brians son and so's my wife

[charlatan]

Karsa and Culverhouse were not exactly trail blazers for coaching empathy.

I watched Kings Lynn play at Stourbridge in April and Culverhouse's choice of assistant, Paul Bastock, was a complete arsehole, the sort of verbally abusive, myopic numpty I wouldn't want anywhere near promising footballers.

[SoccerHQ]

No wonder players like Albrighton achieved so much more after moving away. Arseholes like MacDonald have obviously been a key part of the toxic atmosphere around the club for a while now, tarnishing our name and wrecking our ability to compete. Thank god he's out now, though not soon enough for lives and careers he ruined. Goodbye and go fuck yourself.

Didn't Albrighton get his first prem starts when McDonald was caretaker? I also remember likes of Clark, Bannan and Wieman all playing a bit in his six game caretaker spell which I doubt would've happened if MON had stayed.

Anyway that's all a moot point. Main thing for me is he actually went away for a spell to manage Swindon and we actually re-appointed him into the youth set up when he didn't last long as a manager. Wonder if the complaints were back in the 90s/00s or they were more recent ones?

[SoccerHQ]

Am I right in thinking that Gordon Cowans is no longer around. IIRC it was Sid and KMac that managed the underage players to some reasonable levels of success a few years ago.
Maybe Sid will return?

Tony McAndew was also involved, don't know if he's still involved or we let him go aswell as it was said he was also a "hard taskmaster" when the accusations against Kevin McDonald came out.