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Former Ossett Albion manager Dave Haley has taken charge of FC Humber United.
Haley is Humber’s third manager of the season, following on from Mark Maspero and the joint pairing of Marc Brown and Luke Herriott.
Haley, the ex-Huddersfield Town academy coach, spent four months as Ossett’s manager between September and December in 2017 – six months before the merger of Albion and Town.
Since then he has worked with Liversedge and Sherburn White Rose.
Haley told Humber’s official website: “I am delighted to have been appointed as manager of FC Humber United, a very ambitious club that is on a very exciting journey.
” I feel that I have the right knowledge and experiences within the game to make sure the journey goes in the right direction.
“It will however be a big challenge; our league position isn’t the best, but it is a challenge that I am looking forward to.
“So far, the lads have been terrific in training, working with good intensity and loads of energy, and the support I have had from Marc and Richard has been tremendous.
“At this moment in time, we are currently assessing the squad to see if we need any players to strengthen our team in our pursuit to climb the table.
“Our players now need to respond to the chance they have been given, and prove to the new management team that they have the ability, the energy and drive to play for FC Humber United and come with us on our journey.
“We have two very tough fixtures against Harrogate Railway and Hull City U23’s, where we will need these attributes in abundance along with positional discipline to get two positive results.”
Humber lost 7-1 at Harrogate Railway – their first game under Haley.