Waddock Appointment as Aldershot Manager - Confirmed

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Aldershot Official Site - Official Club Statement
We are pleased to announce the appointment of the new manager of Aldershot Town Football Club and new official club sponsors too.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW TEAM MANAGER AND OFFICIAL CLUB SPONSOR

Aldershot Town Football Club are delighted to announce the appointment of Gary Waddock as their new manager.

The 45 year old joins on a two year agreement and will have overall responsibility on first team, reserve and youth team football matters at the club in addition to providing a guidance and overview to the junior section too.

He will be responsible for all football related budgets.

Gary arrives after an extensive football career where he made over 500 senior appearances. The former midfielder includes periods at QPR, Luton Town, Millwall, Bristol Rovers and at Charleroi (Belguim). In addition he made 21 international appearances for the Republic of Ireland.

When former QPR manager Ian Holloway took charge of the west London side he appointed Gary to head the Academy section of the club and, eventually, Gary took responsibility of the reserve and youth team structure too. He also served as first team manager at the Championship club.

It is also confirmed that Martin Kuhl will remain at the club reverting back to his role as First Team Coach after serving a period as Caretaker Manager.


Chairman John McGinty commented, 'We are delighted that Gary has agreed to join the club as our manager.

"I apologise to supporters for the delay in naming the appointment but hope that they are enthused with the announcement.

'Gary was impressive in interview and his enthusiasm for the job shone through with a desire to succeed so obvious.

"He has extensive experience in developing young players and we believe that is a vital ingredient for our future.

'I would like to thank Martin Kuhl for fulfilling the role as Caretaker Manager since the departure of Terry Brown and I am pleased that Martin will be first team coach in our new set up.

'I thank the supporters for their patience and am sure that they will welcome Gary to Aldershot Town as we look ahead positively to the future'.

Continuing Mr McGinty also confirmed the announcement of the new club sponsors of Aldershot Town Football Club.

He said, 'We are delighted to announce our new official club sponsors as EZYLET LTD , a locally based Aldershot company.

'It is a two year agreement and we are so pleased to have EZYLET LTD on board. I am sure that our supporters are going to learn so much about this ambitious company in the future'. Aldershot

BBC - Waddock becomes Aldershot manager

Gary Waddock has been appointed as the new manager of Aldershot with caretaker boss Martin Kuhl reverting to his role as first team coach.
The 45-year-old ex-Republic of Ireland international has signed a two-year deal to replace Terry Brown, who stepped down at the end of March.

Waddock had a seven-month stint in charge of QPR in 2006 after a number of coaching roles at Loftus Road.

He also played over 500 games for QPR, Luton, Millwall and Bristol Rovers.

Aldershot chairman John McGinty said: "I apologise to supporters for the delay in naming the appointment but hope that they are enthused with the announcement.

"Gary was impressive in interview and his enthusiasm for the job shone through with a desire to succeed so obvious. BBC

"He has extensive experience in developing young players and we believe that is a vital ingredient for our future."

Aldeshot have also revealed that local firm Ezylet will become the club's new sponsors in a two-year deal.