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Friday 21 October 22 I 08:43:40 | ||||||||||||
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He will be supported by Mick Norbury as assistant manager, Dave Brown as coach and Ryan Pugh as goalkeeper coach.
They
replace Jas Colliver and Mark Ward, who left their roles as manager and
assistant manager by mutual consent earlier this week.
Black
was most recently at Belper Town where he secured promotion last season to the NPL
Premier Division.
Before
his successful tenure at Belper, Grant was of course the first team manager of
Ossett Town where he achieved significant success, taking the team to the
2016/17 play-off final where they were narrowly defeated by a late goal, as
well as having a fantastic run in the 2016/17 FA cup reaching the Fourth Qualifying
Round, only to be narrowly defeated in a replay against high-flying Solihull
Moors.
Chairman
James Rogers told https://www.ossettutd.com:
“Many fans of Ossett United have been long admirers of Grant Black following
his achievements at both Ossett Town and Belper Town and we are delighted that
we have been able to secure his services, along with Mick Norbury, David Brown
and Ryan Pugh, all of whom have strong connections with one or both or our
predecessors, Ossett Albion and Ossett Town.
“Grant
brings with him great experience and many achievements for his relatively short
career in management, and we are confident that he is the right man for the job
and will relish the prospect of getting Ossett United back up the league table
and competing for honours”.
Black
said: “Ossett United is a club I have watched with interest since the merger in
2018 and following the great time we had in my spell as Ossett Town manager
earlier in my career, I have always had an eye on a possible return to Ossett
to take on the new United role. I know
most of the Board well and really do want to help the club achieve their
realistic aspiration of securing promotion to the Northern Premier League
Premier Division. We may not do it this
season, although we will give it a good go so buckle in. Ossett have a good basis of a squad and with
the addition of some additional players I will be bringing in I’m confident
that we can very quickly start putting points on the board and climbing the
league table.”
And
Black’s first signing as United manager sees defender Danny South return to Ingfield.
South
joins from Belper who he signed for during the summer of 2018 in a bid to
reinforce the defence and also acted as interim manager earlier in the 2022/23
season.
The
big, strong and tall centre-half has enjoyed spells at clubs including
Athersley Recreation, Sheffield FC, Frickley Athletic and both Ossett Town and
Ossett Albion, where his combative approach was a byword for his performances. |
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