Andy Holt is putting Accrington Stanley FC on the market after announcing he want his 'weekends and life back'
Andy Holt took to X, formerly known as Twitter to announce the news in a series of posts last night . Answering posts created by fans of the League Two side, Holt claimed that he is "not the right person to take this forward" and that "Accy needs to change and become a new club with new methods."
He also wrote that the team was up for sale and stated: "I won't let the club fail, but I'm done." He added: "It was clear today, I lost the fan base and our managers that have cost over £3m in my time at the club."Andy Holt took over as chairman and majority shareholder in 2015 and has invested in the club ever since to stop it from going into insolvency.
Over on the social media site, Holt admitted that £90,000 was put in to the club last month alone, but that the club is in need of "someone fresh." He also posted: "They would be bust. Like most clubs. I’m not going out on a Saturday night and spending all night pretending to be happy.In 2022, Holt handed back his Freedom of the Borough - the highest civic award a council can give - over a row about noise from the supporters' bar.
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