EFL fans chant for manager to be sacked during FIRST GAME in charge of club

ROCK-BOTTOM is usually the point at which fans wheel out the dreaded “sacked in the morning” chant. For the unfortunate Scott Lindsey, that point was reached just 80 MINUTES into his York City tenure on Monday night. Scott Lindsey made a nightmare start to his reign at York City on Monday Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Many York fans are mourning the shock departure of Stuart Maynard Credit: Shutterstock Editorial His Minstermen were beaten 2-0 by Crawley in a Carabao Cup preliminary round clash on home turf. That was a painful enough way to kick off Lindsey’s reign – especially against the side that sacked him in March. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! But he also suffered the indignity of hearing “sacked in the morning” from his own fans at the LNER Community Stadium. The damning words came from a set of York fans mourning the sudden and shock departure of manager Stuart Maynard. There were also chants calling for Maynard to come back. Maynard led York to promotion from the National League last season but was sacked last month over a “difference in vision” between himself and the board. Danilo Orsi rubbed salt into Lindsey’s wounds by doubling Crawley’s advantage from the spot in the 86th minute. Lindsey said on the chants: “I absolutely don’t care, it is what it is. I’m honestly so thick-skinned, it will never get through to me. “I’m here to do a job and I will carry on doing that job and the minute I let it come through to me will be the minute that I won’t be able to do my job properly, so it’s absolutely fine and normal. Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK Lindsey, who did not applaud the home supporters at full-time, added: “Obviously I’ve got to win them over so I’m not going to mug myself off by going over there and getting pelters. “I understand how football works.” Comment now