The Aussie says he couldn't get out of the stadium fast enough after a defeat to Arsenal cost him his job
10:43, 25 Mar 2026
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Angry Ange Postecoglou has revealed he was in a rush to leave the stadium after his brutal Nottingham Forest sacking – fearing he'd do something he'd 'regret'.
The Aussie was appointed by the Premier League strugglers in October after Nuno Espirito Santo's controversial sacking. But after failing to win any of his first eight games, he was shown the door before his feet were even under the table.
It was the former Celtic boss' second sacking in five months after Tottenham had dismissed him in June – despite winning the Europa League in his final game at the North London outfit.
He's since taken a break from management and is working as a technical observer for UEFA. And speaking to broadcaster SEN in his homeland, he's lifted the lid on the events after the 3-0 defeat to Chelsea that ultimately cost him his job.
"I haven't told the story but it was brutal, mate," Postecoglou said. "I literally got sacked straight after the game. I'm in the coaches' room, I knew it was coming, it was one of those where I thought, 'Well, it could come any day now.'
"But they literally sacked me straight after the game. I hadn't done the press yet, but the press already knew.
"I'm walking out into the corridor, I just wanted to leave because I was going to do something I'd regret. And then I hadn't spoken to the assistant coaches, who I knew also were probably going to be sacked, so I needed to say something to them.
"But I'm doing this while walking through throes of press and people who were just all looking at me. And I just wanted to get out of there. So the security, who's a really good guy, said to me, 'Ange, I know you want to get out of here but it's an EPL game so all the roads are blocked, you won't get your car out for half an hour.'
"So I sat in my car for half an hour just by myself. I spoke to Georgia for a bit. And after half an hour, he kind of said, 'Look, Ange, the roads have opened but there's a lot of traffic down there.' So they did their best to try and get me through.
"But I got stuck at one set of traffic lights for at least 15 minutes. And I had Chelsea supporters giving it to me, Forest supporters weren't much kinder. I'm sitting in the car, head back, right? And in between I've got little kids coming up for a selfie. So what do you do? I don't want to disappoint. So I paid my penance. Whatever mistake I made, I paid a pretty heavy price for it."
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