The FFA today confirmed Jones had resigned after almost five years with the Matildas in the wake of the furore over the sudden dismissal of Stajcic last Saturday.

Assistant coach Nahuel Arrarte also resigned in fury earlier this week as has video analyst Chris Bowling, and the fate of Stajcic's deputy Gary van Egmond still remains uncertain.

Arrarte blasted the FFA on the Daily Football Show today and said: "Don't hide behind confidentiality. Come out and talk. Have facts. It's not right. It's an injustice."

But there is growing anger among football's powerbrokers over the way the situation has arisen and subsequently been handled.

At least four of the state football federations are said to be unhappy at the board's actions, and at least some of the A-League clubs.

Some are said to be calling for an extraordinary board meeting with Congress members to review how the situation escalated apparently out of the FFA's control before and after Stajcic's dismissal.

A widely circulated direct message sent on Twitter to a number of key figures in Australian football over the weekend has also alarmed some people on the board and elsewhere in football.

The lobby group for state league clubs is now demanding Congress step in over the way the board has behaved.

The Australian Association of Football Clubs chairman Rabbieh Krayem today wrote to members and said the group couldn't comment on the reasons for Stajcic's sacking because they were not privy to the information in the PFA and OurWatch surveys which sparked it.

But he added: "The lack of transparency around the decision, the abysmal communication around it, and the actions of the deputy chairman of the FFA Board in sending messages and/or private tweets to individuals ... and also giving interviews that could well be considered defamatory to Mr Stajcic.​

"You put the current Board in place. You must now act on behalf of the football community to insist on a proper independent investigation of the issues; not just related to the dismissal of Mr Stajcic, but the broader issues implicit in his dismissal concerning the management and operations of the women’s game in Australia."

The FFA's key sponsorship partner Hyundai are also said to be increasingly unhappy with the situation, according to a report in today's Sydney Morning Herald.

And the chair of the FFA's own Women's Council has also demanded to know who has been making the decisions and feeding information.

Ros Moriarty - wife of John Moriarty, the first indigenous player to be called into the Socceroos - has written a lengthy post on LinkedIn outlining her concerns over the issue.

"Australian women’s football imploded on Saturday – with a prior leak, as it turns out – in a maelstrom of rumour, innuendo and highly dubious process," she wrote.

"Alen Stajcic, the most successful Matildas coach in the team’s history, was suddenly and publicly sacked. The Women’s Football Council had no knowledge.

"There can be no dispute that player welfare and wellbeing must always be paramount. However, the details are missing as to why, when and how an irretrievable position hastily erupted about the Matildas workplace.

"Neither the 2018 PFA review exercise, nor the simultaneous FFA Our Watch survey, advocated a dismissal. In fact, the former had reached agreement on a plan in December 2018 to address findings, beginning with this week’s Matildas wellbeing workshop in Sydney."

Moriarty added: "There are still more questions than answers.

"Questions of FFA around governance, due diligence and transparency are going begging. As they are around accountability, professionalism, process, performance benchmarking and change management.

"[FFA chairman] Chris Nikou has assured me he is asking those questions of his administration."

Newly-elected board member Remo Nogarotto tweeted last night: "It’s been an incredibly difficult week for Australian football. Distressing and emotional at so many levels.

"I hear your rage and I acknowledge your frustration. It’s a complex situation."