Andy Legg quits Reds

Llanelli AFC manager Andy Legg has resigned as manager following the clubs 6-1 thrashing against Connah’s Quay.

Legg who was appointed manager in April 2009 has blamed the stricken club’s chairman (Nitin Parekh) saying that he has been let down.

“I drove to Oxford last week for a meeting with [Parekh]. We were given assurances and they never came,” Legg told Radio Wales.

“We were let down again and it was the final straw for me. I’ve been dealing with off-the-field issues more than football issues,”.

In a further blow to the club, Assistant manager Steve Jenkins has also resigned and players Martyn Giles and midfielder Mamadou Diallo have also left the club.

The club which faced a winding up petition issued by the HMRC back in August are due back in court on November 19th to face another petition.

The news gets even worse for the club as the Football Association of Wales (FAW) is withholding money as players have not been paid. The cash which was earned by the club for representing Wales in the Europa League will only be paid once the FAW have received assurances that players owed money will be given priority.

Welsh Premier League secretary Gwyn Derfel told Radio Wales: “Llanelli are still owed some European money.

“That money has arrived with the FAW in the last couple of days… what we’ve said to the chairman is we’d like past and present players to be treated as preferential creditors and we’ve said we won’t release the money until we get certain assurances from the chairman about that.

“Now once we release that money we’ve got no right to demand what happens but we can certainly make strong suggestions about where the money should go.”