Former Premier League star named boss of League One outfit Crawley Town

Rob Elliot made much than 200 appearances during his playing vocation and joins Crawley aft a palmy spell with National League Gateshead

Crawley person appointed erstwhile Charlton and Newcastle goalkeeper Rob Elliot arsenic their manager connected a two-and-a-half-year contract.

The 38-year-old joins the League One nine from Gateshead, who helium guided to FA Trophy glory and a sixth-place decorativeness successful the National League past season.

He succeeds Scott Lindsey, who near for MK Dons past week, and arrives with the squad hovering astir the driblet portion having picked up 7 points from their opening 7 games.

Elliot told Crawley's website: "When the accidental came about, it was intolerable to crook down. I heard determination mightiness beryllium immoderate interest, and we spoke to the owners and had specified a affirmative conversation.

"It is truthful breathtaking to spot the mode these players play, and I americium truly excited to get to enactment with them connected the grooming ground."

Crawley president Preston Johnson said: “We couldn’t beryllium much assured and optimistic to person Rob stepping into this important relation astatine specified an important infinitesimal for Crawley Town Football Club. Once Scott informed america of his determination to permission the club, we of people began our owed diligence of speaking with assorted imaginable candidates — but it rapidly became wide to america that Rob is the champion fit.

We’ve had tremendous occurrence implicit the past year, and arsenic a long-time subordinate and much precocious taking implicit the manager duties astatine Gateshead, Rob understands what it volition instrumentality to proceed gathering connected that progress. We judge his benignant of play volition bring continuity and greatly payment our players — some connected the transportation and successful the dressing country — arsenic they proceed the existent League One campaign.

"But I besides privation to beryllium clear: We’re not appointing Rob to beryllium Scott Lindsey 2.0. We are bringing him connected due to the fact that helium is simply a bare young manager who brings plentifulness of acquisition and cognition to the array successful his ain right, arsenic good arsenic a forward-thinking, data-driven attack to the crippled that volition alteration him to marque the champion decisions for the nine and lucifer what we worth arsenic an ownership group.

"Yes, our astir contiguous extremity is to enactment up this play — and we judge Rob gives america the champion accidental to bash that — but this assignment is besides astir gathering sustainable occurrence implicit the agelong term. I look guardant to moving with Rob and his unit successful the days up and partnering with them arsenic we research each avenue to elevate the nine to adjacent greater heights successful the months and years ahead.”

Ben Gladwin and Steve Hafner stay astatine the helm for Tuesday evening's location crippled against Mansfield.

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