Stuart
Pierpoint and Leon Broadhurst have been handed the Glassboys helm following the
recent departure of Mark Yates.
Interim-manager
Lewis Solly will remain with the club and resume his goalkeeping coach role,
while Scott Adey-Linforth will step up from working with the youth team to
become the new first-team coach.
Pierpoint,
now 39, chalked up 165 appearances and scored 14 times in his four seasons with
the Glassboys.
The
central defender signed for league rivals Coalville Town in July 2019.
He
is well known from recent years from his time with Stafford Rangers, Nuneaton
Borough, Solihull Moor, Leamington, Brackley Town and Stourbridge, who he
originally signed for in July 2015.
Broadhurst
chalked up a club record 780 appearances and scored 154 goals for the Glassboys
and enjoyed a testimonial back in April 2014.
The
39-year-old finally left the War Memorial Ground to sign for home-town club and
league rivals Bromsgrove Sporting in June 2019.
He
initially left Stourbridge for Leamington in May 2009 after originally joining
way back in 2006 from Bromsgrove Rovers after starting out at Fairfield Villa.
Chairman
Andy Pountney told his club`s website: “I am really pleased to announce the
appointment of Stuart and Leon as our new joint-managers. Their ethics, drive
and professionalism has always been second-to-none. They were popular figures
during their time with us before as players with Stuart being our club captain.
They know the club and the supporters. I feel that in the last couple of years
for one reason and another – and covid hasn’t helped – we’ve lost some of our
‘DNA’ and identity. I want to see us playing entertaining, hard, but fair
football and with the players enjoying being a part of it and playing with a
smile on their faces.
“This
is their first time as managers. However, Stuart and Leon boast considerable
experience of this level. They know the players and their characters having
shared dressing rooms with many of their colleagues over the years. They have a
good knowledge of the opposition we’ll be coming up against. In leaving us in
2019 they have also since got to work with different managers and coaches and
look at their methods. I believe that this will also stand them in good stead.
I’m delighted to get this over the line and am excited to see what they can
achieve”. |