Lengthy-serving City chairman Roland Wycherley has made solely 14 full-time managerial appointments since he first took over from Ray Bailey method again in 1996.
And, in these 29 seasons, he has twice misplaced managers hoping to higher themselves – Micky Mellon, who left for Tranmere after profitable promotion in 2015, and Paul Hurst, who departed for Ipswich Town after shedding the League One play-off ultimate in 2018.
However 83-year-old Wycherley, who had hoped this might be his ultimate season on the helm after lining up a potential takeover in September, made it clear in his assertion issued late on Tuesday this was his most painful piece of reports to soak up.
“I noticed Roland’s assertion and I truly appreciated the assertion,” stated one other BBC Radio Shropshire match summariser and former Shrewsbury participant Joe Jacobson.
“It was good the very fact he talked about providing him [Ainsworth] a contract. You then begin to assume why did not he signal the contract some time in the past?”
One other fellow former City participant Elliott Bennett, who was on the membership’s books up till the top of final season, nonetheless has a number of contacts within the Shrewsbury dressing room.
“Among the lads I’ve spoken to, they’re shocked and disenchanted,” he advised BBC Radio Shropshire. “They’re upset at the truth that this has occurred so shortly.”
Shrewsbury have already made it clear they need to make a fast appointment to switch Ainsworth earlier than the weekend.
Interviews from BBC Radio Shropshire’s Nick Southall and Owen Taylor
