PAUL Shanley has been appointed manager of Toolstation League Division One
side Bradford Town.
Shanley replaces Paul Ranger, who left the club after their last game of the
season.
Shanley, who quit Trowbridge Town a fortnight ago, is taking assistant Mark
Edwards and goalkeeping coach Robbie Coombs with him.
The former Bees boss revealed he was convinced to take over at Bradford
because the club was moving forward.
Shanley said: "They have got planning permission in to change the facilities
at the end of next season, but with the lights they are looking at sooner
rather than later.
"Everything seems to be in place. I didn't want to go to another club where
I was going to be in the same situation as at Trowbridge.
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"Andy O'Pray has agreed to stay and he's one of the best coaches around
here.
"It's a big plus for me because he's an exceptional coach and he can give us
an insight into the players."
The new Bradford boss said he may bring players to the Sports and Social
Club from old club Trowbridge.
Shanley said: "That's a possibility. There's some good players at
Trowbridge, I'd be silly to say differently, and we've got our eye on some
of them.
"But there's other players around at other clubs as well."
Shanley said he was already looking forward to next season.
Shanley said: "It's a new challenge. The Toolstation League was something I
wanted to do.
"The previous manager has done an excellent job and they have got some
excellent footballers there. Hopefully we can keep them and add to it.
"I don't think they are far off a top half finish. We aren't looking to
change the whole set-up, I just want to make the squad a bit stronger."
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