{"id":609809,"date":"2022-02-09T07:53:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T12:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=609809"},"modified":"2022-02-09T07:53:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T12:53:29","slug":"walsall-sack-head-coach-matt-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/02\/09\/walsall-sack-head-coach-matt-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Walsall Sack Head Coach Matt Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walsall have sacked head coach Matt Taylor following a seven-game losing run.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor had been in charge <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/19\/matt-taylor-walsall\/\" target=\"_self\">since May 2021<\/a> following a spell as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/02\/06\/clinical-tottenham-hotspur-fa-cup-fifth-round\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> U18 boss.<\/p>\n<h2>Walsall Part Ways With Head Coach Matt Taylor<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udcf0 Club Statement: Matt Taylor<\/p>\n<p>Read more \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3eVUss3oiy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/3eVUss3oiy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5O0ZleeNkX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5O0ZleeNkX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Walsall FC Official (@WFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WFCOfficial\/status\/1491373814034444289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Scunthorpe United Loss the Final Straw<\/h3>\n<p>Walsall sit 21st in the League Two table, just four points clear of safety and have lost seven games in a row &#8211; most recently a 1-0 loss to 10-man <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/11\/05\/keith-hill-scunthorpe-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Scunthorpe United<\/a> which proved the final straw. Scunthorpe sit bottom of the league and last night&#8217;s win for The Iron puts Walsall&#8217;s football league place in greater danger.<\/p>\n<p>Walsall added four names to their squad in January including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/02\/08\/manchester-united-sell-brazilian-midfielder\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> left-back Reece Devine on loan. Those additions have failed to spark life into the side and create results and subsequently, the club will now head in another direction.<\/p>\n<p>The club have announced Neil McDonald and Mat Sadler will take charge of first-team affairs on a temporary basis whilst a replacement for Taylor is found.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saddlers.co.uk\/news\/2022\/february\/club-statement-matthew-taylor\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> saddlers.co.uk<\/a> they added: &#8220;We would like to thank Matt for his efforts and wish him well in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Chairman Admits He Didn&#8217;t Want to Sack Matt Taylor<\/h3>\n<p>Following Taylor&#8217;s dismissal, Walsall chairman Leigh Pomlett has admitted it was a difficult decision, saying, as cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/sport\/football\/walsall-fc\/2022\/02\/09\/walsall-sack-matt-taylor-after-seven-match-losing-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressandstar.com<\/a>: &#8220;After the loss to Scunthorpe, I had a conversation with Matt, and we decided to part company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to, if I&#8217;m honest with you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a very difficult situation to be in as I have a huge amount of regard for Matt &#8211; his integrity, honesty and sheer hard work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But he knows, as I know and you know, the fact is we&#8217;ve lost seven games on the bounce. At all sorts of levels, that&#8217;s not acceptable to me, to the club, or the supporters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walsall host Tranmere Rovers on Saturday, February 12, as they look to end their losing run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"trvUSyO-TSBDuVMQK04MRw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1345016226\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'trvUSyO-TSBDuVMQK04MRw',sig:'KI9KHOiIfXKfRAkzhmpBjXlnUMQdjzqPaIUwqbbn_Xo=',w:'594px',h:'380px',items:'1345016226',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walsall have sacked head coach Matt Taylor following a seven-game losing run. Taylor had been in charge since May 2021 following a spell as Tottenham Hotspur U18 boss. Walsall Part Ways With Head Coach Matt Taylor \ud83d\udcf0 Club Statement: Matt Taylor Read more \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/3eVUss3oiy pic.twitter.com\/5O0ZleeNkX \u2014 Walsall FC Official (@WFCOfficial) February 9, 2022 Scunthorpe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":609810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32,30],"tags":[2679,2742],"class_list":["post-609809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league12","category-league-football","category-news","tag-matt-taylor","tag-walsall"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}