Ex-Cardiff football recruiter breaks silence after anti-gay text allegations
A former football boss whoĀ resignedĀ after allegations of homophobic texts surfaced has broken his silence, saying “sometimes people do bad things”.
Allegations were made in August 2014 that former Cardiff City managerĀ Malky Mackay and his then head of recruitment Iain Moody were involved inĀ a string of racist, homophobic and sexist text messages ā one of which allegedly read: āHeās a snake, a gay snake. Not to be trusted.ā
Cardiff City passed the texts over to theĀ Football Association, which is said to be nearing the end ofĀ an investigation in to the pairās conduct at the club.
MoodyĀ told Palace fan magazine ‘Five Year Plan’: āIn life, most people you meet are good people. There are some who arenāt and never will be.
āI think good people sometimes do bad things. It doesnāt mean that they are no longer good people and I think everyone has got something you can refer to in your own past to say why did I do that?
āI think we can all look back on experiences of reacting to situations in a particular way and thinking āGod, thereās no way I would do that againā, or even as has happened to me, reading back things and not even recognising that it was me who said them, thinkingā¦ and Iām not denying it was me, but thatās unrecognisable and itās not a reflection of where I am and what I stand for, and the education that I have had; and I donāt mean necessarily formal education but upbringing.ā
Ahead of the FAāsĀ report on the issue, a source told theTelegraphĀ that Mackay and MoodyĀ are both likely to escape punishment, as the messages were private correspondence.
An FA spokesperson said: āWe cannot comment as the matter is ongoing.ā
According to the newspaper, if the FA do drop the case against Mackay and Moody, it is possible that Cardiff City could pursue action against them in the civil courts instead.
