director of Crystal Palace with immediate effect as
the Football Association continue their investigation
into allegations made by Cardiff City
The Football Association is looking into allegations
made by Cardiff against former manager Malky
Mackay and Moody, who worked at Cardiff before
moving to Crystal Palace..
Mackay's name was dramatically pulled from the
race to take over from Tony Pulis as Crystal Palace
manager on Wednesday just before the existence of
the dossier became public knowledge.
A statement from Palace read: "In light of the events
of yesterday, sporting director Iain Moody has
tendered his resignation and it has been accepted
with immediate effect. There will be no further
comment from the club on this matter."
Sky Sports understands the dossier was sent to the
FA more than a week ago and the governing body
has now confirmed it is investigating the matter.
It reportedly includes allegations against Mackay
and Moody from their time together in Cardiff.
The allegations refer to work-related text messages
sent between Mackay and Moody that bring the
game into disrepute. Those messages are believed to
be homophobic, racist and allegedly sexist.
An FA spokesman said: "The FA can confirm it is
currently investigating this matter."
League Managers' Association chief executive
Richard Bevan confirmed to Sky Sports the body's
lawyers are going through the allegations and will
respond in due course.
Cardiff owner Vincent Tan sacked Mackay in
December 2013, just six months after he had ended
the club's' 51-year wait for top-flight football.
Two months earlier Moody had been placed on
gardening leave by Tan before being subsequently
dismissed.
Mackay launched a £7.5m legal claim against Tan
for compensation and wrongful dismissal after his
sacking but dropped the claim in May and issued an
apology to the Malaysian businessman.
With Mackay apparently out of the race, former
Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood is now the
favourite to take over from Pulis at Selhurst Park.
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