League Two side Notts County Chair Ray Trew "has stepped down" and put the club up for sale, blaming "foul and mindless abuse" from fans, according to the London GUARDIAN. The club was "beaten 3-2 at Accrington on Tuesday." Fans "turned on" Manager Jamie Fullarton, who was appointed last month, and the board during the defeat at Meadow Lane, with a small group staging a protest afterwards. That prompted Trew, who paid £1 to buy the club in '10, "to issue an open letter on the club’s website."
Trew wrote, "It is with very mixed emotions that I announce the end of my tenure as chairman of Notts County Football Club, as I put the club up for sale, having re-evaluated my position in light of recent events. I must start by stressing that this is not me backing away from a challenge. ... However, when my family are subjected to the kind of foul, mindless abuse that they have been in recent days, both in person and courtesy of the oh so brave keyboard warriors, regardless of whether this is just the minority ruining it for the larger supporter base, I have to make changes" (GUARDIAN, 2/25).
