AFC Wimbledon managing director Danny Macklin resigned after ‘describing a female employee as a f****** s**g and claiming he wanted to MURDER her’ in secret recordings

Former AFC Wimbledon managing director Danny Macklin resigned from his role after a hidden recording device revealed he had made violent and sexist remarks against a female member of staff at the club, as reported by the Times.

Macklin, who joined Wimbledon in November last year, made shocking comments about Wimbledon head of supporter services and ticketing Rebecca Markham, where he stated in one exchange that he would like to ‘murder’ her and labelled the club executive as a ‘f****** s**g and a ‘s***’.

His comments were reportedly recorded by an individual with military background who had since taken up a position working as a club security officer. 

He placed the device inside Macklin’s office at Cherry Red Records stadium in London.

The vile language used by the ex-Wimbledon chief came despite Macklin, alongside Markham, were involved in the club joining the Her Game Too movement in an effort to encourage more women and girls to get into football.

Rebecca Markham, now head of supporter services and ticketing, was the alleged subject of abusive and threatening comments made by Macklin

Wimbledon have released a statement in response to the allegations 

Macklin stated at the time: ‘We welcome initiatives that encourage more girls and women to attend our games, or take part in activities.’

However, just two months later he resigned from his position and it has now been discovered he had made a host of derogatory and abusive comments about Markham to other colleagues.

One exchange reportedly recorded Macklin stating: ‘I f****** want to put her [Markham] through a f****** window…I’ve never wanted to kill someone, but I’d like to kill her. F****** s**t.’

The 42-year-old described the Wimbledon ticketing officer in another conversation as a ‘f****** b****’ and explained how he wanted to ‘murder her’.

Wimbledon later published a statement following the report in The Times. The club said: ‘AFC Wimbledon strives to be a responsible, inclusive and modern fan-owned club. As such, it takes its obligation to act properly and set an example, as well as its duty of care towards employees and fans, extremely seriously.

‘Behaviour such as that being alleged was and is not tolerated, nor is it representative of the culture at AFC Wimbledon.

‘Once we became aware of the matter we acted appropriately in accordance with our responsibilities and values to promptly resolve it. For legal reasons we are not able to say more.’

Markham previously worked at Premier League clubs including Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, West Ham and Fulham and became Wimbledon’s head of supporter services and ticketing in June this year.

Macklin departed his position at the club in September but Wimbledon didn’t reveal the circumstances surrounding his exit at the time. They announced he had left in a statement claiming they ‘appreciated’ the former executive’s hard work. 

Macklin was reportedly recorded stating he wanted to ‘murder’ head of supporter services and ticketing officer Markham (right)

Markham (pictured) was the subject of abusive and threatening comments made by Macklin

Macklin was appointed Wimbledon’s managing director in November last year

Responding to the reported recordings, Macklin told the Times: ‘For legal reasons I make no comment.’

At the time of his resignation he released a lengthy departure message thanking supporters and colleagues.

Part of the statement read: ‘I played a leading role in driving resilience across the club in us individually and most importantly collectively realising potentials and have truly enjoyed working alongside my hard-working colleagues in both the footballing and non-footballing departments.’

The recording bug was placed by Matthew Wells who was concerned over abuse in the workplace, according to The Times.