Ex-Gillingham chairman Paul Scally accuses club of trying to 'destroy' him as ban issued

Paul Scally inactive owns 30 per cent of League Two broadside Gillingham but the erstwhile president has allegedly been banned from the nine by caller American proprietor Brad Galinson

Paul Scally has revealed his “hurt” aft being frozen retired of Gillingham aft 29 years.

Former Gillingham president Scally, 69, who inactive owns 30 per cent of the club, has been banned from the boardroom and directors’ container by caller American proprietor Brad Galinson.

US businessman Galinson, who bought a controlling involvement successful December 2022 aft earning his wealth from spot deals, has called an EGM connected Thursday to region Scally arsenic a director.

Scally admits helium is heartbroken aft redeeming the nine from extinction connected galore occasions, had 5 years successful the Championship, 3 trips to Wembley and rebuilt the stadium during his tenure.

Businessman Scally is 1 of the astir recognisable faces successful the EFL and it was really Galinson who primitively wanted him to enactment connected arsenic portion of his takeover - lone to present effort to unit him out.

Scally said: “They’ve told maine I’m not welcome. I came to the nine due to the fact that I emotion shot not due to the fact that I privation to marque money. It’s my life. I’ve been astatine the nine for much than fractional my moving life. It’s a truly atrocious situation.

“I haven’t been to a crippled this season. I’ve been wholly isolated from the club. It feels they’re trying to destruct me. I had a gathering with Brad successful April which turned into a spot of an argument. That was the past clip we had a due conversation.

“If Brad Galinson doesn’t privation maine astir the club, wherefore not conscionable travel to maine and benignant it out? Instead, I’ve been banned from each authoritative areas of the nine and it’s precise hurtful. My email relationship has been blocked and unit person been told they are not allowed to speech to me. The biggest occupation is however overmuch I miss the football.

“Some of the unit are unhappy. A fewer of the players person been successful interaction due to the fact that they don’t similar the mode I’ve been treated. I’ve kept the nine going successful the astir atrocious circumstances and this is the mode I get treated. It’s truthful wrong.”

Scally insists helium has done thing incorrect and is being forced into ineligible proceedings against his will. He was acceptable to relinquish power wholly aft Gillingham were relegated to League Two successful 2022.

But Galinson convinced Scally to enactment connected arsenic portion of his woody to bargain the nine and, contempt Gillingham’s agleam commencement to this season, the erstwhile president has concerns astir the mode the nine has been tally successful the past 12 months. Scally feels helium is being victimised due to the fact that of those concerns.

Scally added: “I made the determination aft we got relegated that I would ne'er spell back. They were the darkest days of my life. I was getting telephone calls, threats, radical connected my spot and I couldn’t flight it. It enactment maine successful a truly atrocious place.

“Covid finished america disconnected truly due to the fact that our concern was based connected off-the-field activities, similar conferences and entertaining. The strain connected paying the players, paying the bills and it was very, precise pugnacious for a batch of clubs.

“But erstwhile I archetypal met Brad, I truly liked him. It was good for the archetypal 9 months. I really had different deals which would person bought maine retired wholly but Brad wanted maine to stay.

“When Brad came in, helium told maine that helium sold his concern portfolio for implicit $2billion. He told maine athletics was his passionateness and helium wanted to bargain into a well-run English shot club.

“But there’s been a alteration successful the vibe astatine the nine successful the past 12 months. What astir the refurbishment? Pre-season tours? People are asking me: ‘why aren’t we doing this? Why aren’t we doing that?’ Staff were asking maine questions but I didn’t person the answers.”

Scally insists the attempts to region him from the committee are a breach of declaration and a breach of the articles of the company. He says helium volition beryllium forced to spell to tribunal to combat it. He is besides mounting up his ain website to update fans aft losing his dependable astatine the club.

He added: “I person to instrumentality it further. I’m determined to combat it. There’s immoderate fans connected societal media who don’t similar maine and nary president of immoderate nine successful the state is loved by each fan. That’s portion of the job.

“But the immense bulk of fans, the sponsors and each the stakeholders successful the nine cognize what I’ve done down the years for Gillingham.”

Gillingham were contacted for comment.

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