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Ron Gordon admits Hibs relegation 'fears' were driving force behind Shaun Maloney sacking

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Hibs owner Ron Gordon admitted that the slump into the bottom six and the spectre of relegation was one of the driving forces behind the shock decision to axe Shaun Maloney after just 19 games.

And he has vowed to give the next Easter Road gaffer much more time to turn around the fortunes of the Leith club. The Stateside-based executive chairman has taken responsibility for the ‘risky’ appointment of rookie manager Maloney, who was axed on Tuesday after only four months in the dugout.

And Gordon admitted that memories of going down under Terry Butcher in 2014 played its part in the decision to get rid of the manager so early in his tenure.

The 71-year-old said: “There was a general feeling in the board that it was the right time for us to make a decisive change.“We have been having conversations over the last month or so, looking at the trend of the club and where we were going as a football team.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.“Those are all the conversations that we had and the board was very decisive in its view that we needed to make the change.

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