Glover has been at Westfields for 11 years where he has served as a player and captain and was skipper of the club who guided them through the eight FA Cup matches to earn them national acclaim in 2016/17 with their giantkilling run to the First Round.

Last season Glover was assistant to manager Andy Bevan and immediately applied for the job when it became available when Bevan resigned last month.

Chief executive Andy Morris told http://www.westfieldsfc.com: “The selection committee, following the interview with Phil Glover, felt it was an excellent way of having continuity within the club in promoting Phil from assistant-manager to manager.

“He will also have the added advantage of working with Paul Willetts who was also involved with the management structure last year and has agreed to remain with the club.

“Phil Glover was an inspirational player and last season developed very well in the management structure under Andy Bevan and working with Paul Willetts.

“Phil is a good leader, good communicator and knows all about non-league football, particularly at FA Cup, FA Vase and Step 5 and we see him as the person to drive us forward with the new challenge of Hellenic League football”.