Departing Chelmsford City chairman Mansell Wallace has admitted that the Dean Holdsworth reign was the biggest disappointment of his time at the helm.
Holdsworth was appointed last summer as the man to replace long-serving boss Glenn Pennyfather, but left the club in November after a disappointing reign which left the Clarets fighting relegation, having previously reached the play-offs in four of the previous five seasons.
The former Premier League striker's tenure simply did not work out, and Wallace admits he was let down by the man he appointed.
"I think that was my greatest disappointment in my time at Chelmsford," he told the Chronicle.
"Dean didn't do what he said he was going to do.
"He let us all down very badly, without a lot of soul-searching from the board I think the club would have been in very dire circumstances.
"Unfortunately we were all led to believe he was the man who would do it for us but he didn't."
Holdsworth's time came to an end after a 6-0 home defeat to Boreham Wood, a game which ended with a number of angry fans shouting abuse at the manager and Wallace admitted he had to take some of the flak as well.
"You can't do right for being wrong sometimes," he said. "A couple of times under Dean Holdsworth there was a lot of shouting from the fans.
"After the loss to Boreham Wood he took a lot of flak and I took it with him, people said I should go inside but I said I would let them have a go at me because at least they went away happy.
"You don't want them to go away angry. I stood there and took it because it comes with the job as I also took the glory when we won against Colchester."
