The
announcement came just hours after the Miners' 0-0 home draw with Handsworth
that leaves them tenth in the table.
Axcell
had been in charge since October 2019, first taking over temporarily before
being handed the role on a permanent basis the following March and had just
guided the club to their first Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup Final
since 1978.
Chairman
David Watts told https://www.maltbymainfc.co.uk:
"Louis has been in charge for over 50 games, despite the curtailed seasons
and steered the club through the stop-starts of the pandemic which we will be
forever grateful.
"It
has been a very difficult decision to make and not one made in haste.
"An
accumulation of some poor performances and results at home over the past few
months have led to this decision and a change would be best at this time to try
and build on what the club want to achieve in the future.
"These
very hard decisions sometimes need making in football and we wish Louis the
very best for the future.
"He
will always, like all past managers, coaches and players be welcomed at the
club, as we pride ourselves on this friendship with past people.
"I
have worked closely with Louis since July, and we’ve got on great.
"Never
a cross word said in that time and it’s sad when I have to do something like
this.
"As
a chairman, it lands with me to tell him and that isn’t easy to do. I would
challenge any football club senior who has done this and says it’s easy to do.
"Louis
has taken the club to the Senior Cup Final and he will always be known as the
one who did.
"So,
making a decision like this may seem strange, but we must look beyond this and
at the run of home results and poor league performances which have always been
the number one focus of the club."
Assistant
manager John Stancliffe will take charge in an interim role until the end of
the season. |