The floodgates are opening, others are speaking openly now, one of Maddies friends and ex Blades player has just posted this.
“I have stayed quiet for sometime but all will know I left a club that I loved recently!
I stayed quiet as I did not believe I would be heard as this is how I was made to feel inside of this club but it continues to go on and I see others being treated the same and it needs to be said and stopped.
I was bullied out of the club by the manager who manipulated every single situation! He is controlling, coercive, and a bully! Things were twisted to try to make me and others believe things were in my head and I was too emotional! TOO EMOTIONAL
I was lied too and not listened to by senior staff and tricked in to attending a meeting with no support where his lies and manipulation could continue!
The manager then tried to turn my team mates and friends against me with lies
My mental health was in a dangerous place, and I was never supported or it considered at any point! I was not offered support from anyone! I was ignored!
It was lucky for me that I did find the strength to walk away as this could have ended in a much different way
However this man is still there and still able to act in this way in an environment where you can’t speak up!
My worry and fear is no longer for me but for those that are still there and at other clubs like this.
THINGS MUST CHANGE!!! “