Dunbeholden dismiss Taylor days before season opener

Fabian Taylor became the first casualty of the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) without a ball being kicked, after he was relieved by Dunbeholden FC on Tuesday.

Taylor accused the St Catherine club of being unprofessional and said that the situation was beyond a resolution. "I am not the coach (of Dunbeholden) anymore. You would have to call the club and get more information," Taylor told STAR Sports.

"I got a text (Tuesday) that they terminate my contract, when I didn't even have a contract with them. I didn't sign anything with them," he insisted. "I was just working with them but I got a text that they terminate my contract yesterday. But I didn't have a written agreement with them. I talked with them one meeting and they asked to me to start and I started to work."

Training sessions

However, he did admit that there were things that put him at odds with the administrators. He noted that water wasn't being provided by the club to revitalise the players during the training sessions.

But that was not the only issue, he said. The relationships became strained a week before that after the squad he proposed to start the season was altered without consulting him.

"A number of things (could have led to dismissal) but there was no discussion from them with me on nothing. But since I started to work there has been a whole heap of things, as they are not organised at all.

"We had one altercation Monday, when I decided I was not going to start training without water, as it has been on going thing and they did it a lot of times. But I am the coach and the one getting stick from the players. I can't push my players and there is no refreshment.

"On a Saturday morning, the sun is hot and I had a eight 'o clock session, and after nine there was no water. A person came and bought two cases of water but I decided that on Monday I would not start unless I had water. I called a four ' o clock session (Monday) and at 4:45 p.m. I had no water, so I decided not to start until I got water," he continued

"I had a Business House on the same day, so I'd plan to start the session and run it for an hour and my assistant would take over. But up to 4:45 p.m., we had no water and I left at 5 p.m., and after I came home I got a text," he said.

He added that. "They (club) ask me to name a squad for registration. I named the squad and gave it to them, only to get back a squad from them that this was the squad they are working with, and some person on the squad that I named wasn't in their squad, so probably all of that is what caused it," he surmised.

However, he insists that the damage between both parties is beyond repair and that it cannot be resolved. "The manager, Paul Christie, came to the ground (Monday) and asked about the situation. I told him I am not starting without water and he told me he would run the session.

"They are unprofessional and I just couldn't work. I am just sorry for the players that have put in so much work and were willing and ready to work for me. I believe I brought a difference to the players and though I could have gotten a lot more from them. So it's just them I am sorry for. But it can't be resolved, I couldn't put myself back through that," he said.

Dunbeholden manager, Paul Christie, confirmed Taylor's dismisal and his explanation was that the club and coach were not 'seeing eye to eye'. "We (club) are still working and the players are in good spirit. He is just not seeing eye to eye with some thing that is happening and the club not seeing eye to eye with him either. We don't have a problem with Mr Taylor. But the club and Mr Taylor are not seeing eye to eye and he decided to walk away," he said.

Taylor joined Dunbeholden after he was shown the door at Harbour View, his boyhood club, at the end of last season.

Dunbeholden is scheduled to play Cavalier SC at Stadium East on Sunday.