Tim Sherwood leaves Swindon Town following relegation
Wednesday 14 June 2017 20:33, UK
Tim Sherwood has left Swindon following their relegation to the bottom tier of the English Football League.
The former Tottenham and Aston Villa manager was appointed director of football at the County Ground last November, brought in by owner Lee Power, a long-standing personal friend.
However, Power confirmed Sherwood had left the club when he presented new manager David Flitcroft to the press on Wednesday.
Asked about 48-year-old Sherwood, Power said: "Tim's gone."
And his response was similar regarding the club's director of football role.
"That's gone," Power added on Sky Sports News HQ.
Sherwood was handed the role, with a view to identifying players that could bring success to Swindon. In April, he said he was not being paid for his involvement.
Several new faces arrived in January but the changes failed to have the desired effect, and head coach Luke Williams left in May after Swindon finished 22nd in League One.
Power said of Swindon's shift in direction for the new League Two campaign: "I just think we needed a change. It was a different set of circumstances. I just felt that with the way that things went last season, it's getting harder and harder to take these loans and find these young players.
"And especially in this league, we probably need to go with a little bit more experience and maybe a little bit more different to what we've gone with in the past."
