Owen Coyle has opened up on his decision to leave Queen's Park as he admits he departs with a 'heavy heart'.
The Spiders boss has decided to step down as head coach of the Scottish Championship side following 12 months in the hot seat. The ambitious south siders lost out on the final day of the regular season to Dundee in a must-win clash to lift the league title. They ended up finishing the season in third and entered the Premiership play-off route but two defeats to Partick Thistle in an 8-3 aggregate loss means they will remain in Scotland's second tier.
The 56-year-old has hailed Queen's Park as a wonderful club as he sent a personal thank you to the 'amazing' band of supporters who follow the club week in, week out.
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He told the Queen's Park official website : “It’s with a heavy heart that I inform everyone that I will be leaving Queen’s Park. I informed the club of my wish to leave after what has been an outstanding last 12 months winning promotion to the Championship when nobody gave us a chance of doing so and then coming so close to winning the league and reaching the SPFL playing exciting and entertaining football.
"I would like to thank my 1st team staff and everyone that helped make it an enjoyable year, Queen’s Park is a wonderful club with an amazing set of supporters who I want to personally thank. I wish the club continued success on its journey.”
Chief executive Leeann Dempster added: “Although disappointing, we respect Owen’s decision and wish him well for the future, and we thank him for his efforts over the last twelve months.”
“We now begin the task of finding a new head coach to help us in our aims of being the best club to develop talented young players and achieving success on the pitch.”
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