Gary Meakin says he was dismissed from his position as Beaconsfield SYCOB manager after a “snotty email and a three minute phone call” from Nas Bashir, who has assumed control of first team affairs.

The former Burnham boss was in his second stint in charge at Holloways Park having signed a deal until the end of the season in January, but was told his services were no longer required on March 4.

Beaconsfield have players supplied to their first team by the FAB Academy, which is run by Bashir, and the former Reading academy coach claims Meakin’s management style did not fit the philosophy of the club.

“It’s nothing to do with results more about how we wanted the team to play and the coaching of the players,” said Bashir.

“For me it’s important that the players, not just the young players but the older players as well, are looking to develop from week to week. Some coaches and managers just want to go out and win games and set a team out just to win.

“With the philosophy we’ve got we’re a young team with aspirations for the players to progress into higher leagues, and if we’re going to do that the players need to be coached correctly.”

Bashir went onto say he believes “winning, attractive football” can be achieved at Beaconsfield and that he felt Meakin was not the man to deliver that particular style of play.

Meakin, though, has a different take on the reason why he was dispensed with, claiming that Bashir wanted to pick the team as he had done under his predecessor.

He said: “That’s (picking the team) what he was doing for Andy Hurley before I got there and we turned down helping him three times because that’s what he wanted to do with me.

“He relinquished all of that for us to come in – that was the deal. I think that was painful for him. He’s waited until he thinks they’re safe to play football manager again.”

When the Rams turned to their former boss in January they were four points above the relegation zone in Southern One Central.

They took 12 points from his nine games in charge, including wins against play-off chasers Hanwell Town and Barton Rovers, to move themselves 12 points clear of the bottom two at the time of his departure.

Meakin said: “If you’re a football person it’s laughable really. If he’d have let it go until the end of the season – we only agreed to help until the end of the season anyway – we’d have done what he asked us to do and he says ‘thanks you very much’ , we shake hands but they’re going to carry on doing what they did last year and everyone is still friends.

“We would walk away and if they ever needed help again they could give us a phone call. Doing it the way he’s done it that’s not going to happen. The timing of it doesn’t make sense.”

Bashir, who has overseen draws against Bedford Town and Bedworth United in the two matches since Meakin’s departure, explained why the decision was made when it was.

“Rather than keep him there until the end of the season and then tell him at the end of the year I just felt it was fair to Gary to be honest now with what we see and give Gary a chance to go and find another club,” he said.

“I wish Gary well and he did what was asked of him. But in terms of how we want the set-up and the philosophy of the club moving forward unfortunately we didn’t see Gary as the right person.”

Beaconsfield host second bottom AFC Hayes tomorrow with Bashir in charge, but he stated that he hopes to appoint a new manager in the near future.

He said: “We’ve got two or three candidates in mind that have applied and that we’re going to speak to. We will be putting someone in place, hopefully before the end of the season and definitely in place for next season.”