Swindon Town Football Club have today confirmed the news that Richie Wellens has been appointed as First-Team Manager.
The 38-year-old is now set to lead the club with his current contract running until May 2020.
As reported yesterday Noel Hunt, a former Republic of Ireland international will be Wellens’ assistant – Hunt has played for a number of clubs including Shamrock Rovers, Reading, Leeds United, Ipswich Town, Southend United, Portsmouth, Wigan Athletic, and Waterford as a player-assistant.
Speaking to the official club site, Wellens said: “For me, it’s a great opportunity to manage a football club that is well-run, has a good infrastructure, and a tradition, over the last six or seven years, of playing a style that I want to play. I want to get the ball down, play positive, quick, passing football and bring results and success to this football club, because at this moment it is underachieving.”
“For me, that style of play is the most important thing, exciting the fans. I had my first job at Oldham, which was going fantastically well, but the pitch deteriorated very badly and I had to change the way I played.
“I didn’t want to do that – I won’t have that problem here because the pitch is in fantastic condition.
“I’ll meet the players and as quickly as possible, make them feel comfortable. They had a good weekend result and I want to continue that confidence – Thursday, Friday; we’ll look ahead to the Carlisle game.”
