Hamilton Accies announce board room shake-up with focus on Premiership return

Hamilton Accies have at the moment introduced a board room shake-up that may see Allan Maitland take over all the soccer duties, whereas chief government Colin McGowan will give attention to the business facet.

Two boards will probably be fashioned on the New Douglas Park membership, with Les Grey vice-chairman of the soccer operation.

McGowan will head up a smaller business board that will probably be centered totally on funding the soccer operation.

The information comes after the membership this night introduced they've parted firm with head coach Stuart Taylor.

McGowan says the goal of each operations is to get Accies again as much as the Premiership.

Accies have been relegated from the Premiership two seasons in the past after seven consecutive years, with a poor marketing campaign within the Championship final time period seeing them end sixth.

McGowan mentioned: "There will probably be a brand new, larger, soccer board, headed up by Allan Maitland as chairman and Les Grey as vice-chairman, and a few well-known soccer individuals.

"That will probably be 100 per cent a board of Allan's selecting. I do not care who they're, so long as they're good, accountable, soccer individuals.

"They are going to be doing every little thing that's 'soccer' - contracts, signing, figuring out targets and tying in with the first-team and the youth academy.

Chairman Allan Maitland will head up the football board
Chairman Allan Maitland will head up the soccer board (Picture: SNS Group)

"I'll have a smaller business board, however a strengthened business board, with a few new faces, and our job is to herald cash.

"That will probably be whether or not it is soccer season tickets, firework nights, gorilla nights, dancing nights... something. Carnivals, circuses, something that brings in cash that we are able to then give to the soccer board.

"My board will proceed to herald cash, however could have nothing to do in any respect with soccer points, aside from attempting to make sufficient cash to fund it.

"I do not take a wage, not one of the administrators take a wage, and I am not using a full-time business man, as a result of I do most of it, anyway."

Chief executive Colin McGowan will head up the commercial board which he says will have no input on football, other than funding
Chief government Colin McGowan will head up the business board which he says could have no enter on soccer, aside from funding (Picture: Hamilton Advertiser)

McGowan says this season's Championship marketing campaign is prone to be essentially the most troublesome in latest reminiscence, however desires all people on the membership pulling in the identical course.

He mentioned: "That is going to be the toughest season we have had within the 20 years we have been right here. It'll be troublesome, however I do not need my business individuals speaking about soccer.

"I need individuals centered on bringing cash into the membership.

"My business board is driving all of this ahead. I would like the soccer administrators to do their job, we'll do ours, to try to push to get us again into the Premiership.

"Any fan who desires to speak to me, come and see me on a matchday, but when they need to speak about soccer, discuss to the soccer board."

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