Matt Beard has died, aged 47

Blimey

Bloody hell. Poor bloke.

RIP

Just read that shocked.

I'd presumed he'd left to take the Leicester job, and now feel even worse for it. Thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

Sad news. No age at all.

RIP.

That's awful. RIP.

Shocking news - so young too.

Crikey. R.I.P.

This is awful news, RIP

Very sad news. Rip

RIP Matt Beard

Terrible news. RIP

Speculation is that he’s taken his own life. We placed him on gardening leave which prevented him from taking another job (presumably the Leicester one.)
Very sad, RIP.

Poor man must have been in a bad headspace when he resigned, whatever the reason.

DanH90 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 21, 2025 10:16 am

Speculation is that he’s taken his own life. We placed him on gardening leave which prevented him from taking another job (presumably the Leicester one.)
Very sad, RIP.

From a post that I’ve seen that appears to be from his son, it doesn’t seem to be speculation

Very sad indeed

DanH90 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 21, 2025 10:16 am

Speculation is that he’s taken his own life. We placed him on gardening leave which prevented him from taking another job (presumably the Leicester one.)
Very sad, RIP.

Only responding here because I’m not sure that’s true. My understanding is that we refused him permission to speak to Leicester, as is our right, then he resigned and so we put him on gardening leave as is pretty standard practice for anyone in such a senior leadership role.

Leicester sacked their manager around the same time, put in place an interim, and presumably he was due to take over from the interim at the end of his notice period.

Either way, incredibly sad news to wake up to and huge condolences to his family.

DanH90 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 21, 2025 10:16 am

Speculation is that he’s taken his own life. We placed him on gardening leave which prevented him from taking another job (presumably the Leicester one.)
Very sad, RIP.

Terrible thing to happen to someone so young with a family.

Let’s not speculate about how/why he died.

For now it’s sufficient to acknowledge how very sad this is.

Very sad news indeed

RIP Matt