Former West Ham manager Alan Pardew resigned as PFC CSKA Sofia manager -a Bulgarian football side -on Wednesday, June 1 over fans' racist acts.
In his departure statement, the 60-year-old blamed a group of organized racist fans who threw bananas at his black players
Pardew was promoted to the managerial role in April after serving as the club's technical director since November 2020.
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His sides match with Botev Plovdiv on May 19 became the trigger to quit his rather short 34-day stint.
"Unfortunately, my time here is over! The events before and after the match with Botev were not acceptable for me, for my assistant Alex Dyer, or for our players."
The players initially refused to play in the game after being subjected to racist abuse but were later persuaded to do so.
The PFC CSKA players were also aggrieved by their fans' racist behaviors but decided to carry on with the match due to royalty. Their disappointment made them decline to give a presser after the match.
"The reason no one gave an interview after the meeting was that we were all very outraged by the situation that had escalated" explained Pardew.
"Our players decided to play only out of loyalty and to protect the club. The small group of organized racist fans who tried to sabotage this match is not what I want to lead and represent the team" wrote the Englishman.
He had planned to continue in his role next season after holding talks with the club following their Bulgarian Cup final defeat to rivals Levski Sofia last month.
He led the club to a second-place finish in the Bulgarian league behind champions Ludogorets Razgrad who clinched their 11th league title.