Accra Hearts of Oak head coach Frank Elliot Nuttall has been suspended for “unsporting and unethical behaviours,” the club has announced.
Footy-Ghana.com understands, the Scottish trainer, allegedly through his utterances towards officials and players, has in recent weeks been falling foul of the club’s code of conduct but it is unknown the latest incident which called for an “emergency board meeting held on Monday, 12th February, 2018.”
A Hearts of Oak statement reads that coach Nuttall has “admitted to these behaviours that the Board considers detrimental to the interests of the Club.”
“A three-man committee of board members – Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe (Chairman), Mrs. Ivy Heward-Mills and Mr. Frank Nwokolo Nelson – has been constituted to investigate all issues relating to this matter, and report its findings to the board by Friday, February 16, 2018.”
Assistant coach Henry Lamptey Wellington takes interim charge of the team’s preparations for the delayed 2017/18 season.
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HEARTS SUSPEND COACH FRANK NUTTALL
The Board of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club Limited has, with immediate effect, suspended the club’s Head Coach, Frank Elliot Nuttall, for unsporting and unethical behaviours which contradicted the club’s code of conduct.
The decision was arrived at in an emergency board meeting held on Monday, 12th February, 2018, at which Coach Nuttall admitted to these behaviours that the Board considers detrimental to the interests of the Club.
Also, a three-man committee of board members – Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe (Chairman), Mrs. Ivy Heward-Mills and Mr. Frank Nwokolo Nelson – has been constituted to investigate all issues relating to this matter, and report its findings to the board by Friday, February 16, 2018.
In the meantime, Coach Henry Lamptey Wellington has been asked to take charge of the team’s training sessions until further notice.
The Board would like to ask for the continuous support and cooperation of all stakeholders during this period.
Kwame Opare Addo
(Communications Manager)
