National North
Farsley Celtic have announced former York City boss Russ Wilcox as their new manager.
He replaces Neil Ross who was sacked last week following a poor run of results.
Wilcox is best known for guiding Scunthorpe United to promotion out of League Two in 2014.
The ex-Frickley Athletic player managed York from October 2014 to October 2015.
Wilcox told Farsley’s website: “It’s a great opportunity for me to get back managing, it’s been a while, I’ve had a few caretaker roles at Scunthorpe, but I’m itching to get back.
“The process has been good from Farsley’s point of view, they’ve been very professional with everything they’ve done leading up to this announcement, so I can’t wait to get started now.
“I’m going to meet the lads tonight, have our first training session, we’ll train again Thursday and then be ready to go for a difficult game Saturday.
“It’s going to be a tough ask, we’re bottom of the league at the moment, so we can’t go any lower.
“I’m going to try and instil some positivity back into the players, I’ve been there myself as a player when you go through a bad run, it’s very difficult at times to get out of it, you’ve just got to keep working hard and grafting away.
“I’ll be tough with the boys as well, I’ll expect good standards. Even though we’re not full-time, I still want everybody to be as professional as they possibly can, hard working with good attitudes and good application.
“Now it’ll be about doing the basics well really, I think that’s been the downfall. I’ve seen a couple of videos of previous games, and it’s getting the basics right, being good in both boxes, being energetic, hardworking, and grafting for the shirt.
“As a Yorkshireman myself, that’s what the Yorkshire people want to see, they want to see a lad pull his shirt on and give everything for the cause and I’ll demand that from the players.”
Captain Dave Syers took charge of the 3-2 defeat at Brackley Town on Saturday.