Addison is new manager (From Stroud News and Journal)

Addison is new manager

FOLLOWING negotiations over the past 48 hours, club chairman Trevor Horsley is pleased to announce Colin Addison as Forest Green Rovers' new first-team manager. The club has agreed a two-year contract with Addison and he will start his new post at The Lawn today. The Rovers board had several high quality candidates who expressed an interest in the position, but the board was unanimous in their decision to appoint the very experienced manager. The 62-year-old is experienced at all levels of football and this will provide Rovers with a big boost and will hold the club in good stead for the remainder of the campaign. Addison, who was a former boss of Hereford United and Yeovil Town, has recently been assistant manager at Newport County. Horsley said: "He is under no illusion of the task ahead and he will have the full support of everybody at the club. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank Newport County for their assistance in bringing this matter to a satisfactory conclusion." The new man at the helm definitely possesses the qualities that Rovers need in a manager if they are to get out of their recent run of bad form. Addison started his managerial career as player-manager at Hereford United and had success in both league and cup campaign. He has also been manager of Athletico Madrid and Celta Vigo in Spain and returned to Britain to take charge at a number of clubs including Swansea City and Scarborough. For last night's game at Burton Albion, Nigel Spink's assistant Paul Birch was given the role of taken over first team affairs.