NEW management duo Martin Drury and Jamie Price feel that Bradford Park Avenue is the perfect club for them to realise their ambitions.

They were part of the structure that ensured the club retained their place on step two of the non-League pyramid with a late run of form last season.

Now that John Deacey has left the club, Drury was offered the chance to fill his shoes – with Price as his assistant – and the pair duly put pen to paper.

"We sat down with the board and discussed their ambitions, their plans and their vision," said Drury.

"We told them where we stand and what we believe in and a lot of it mirrors each other, so we've signed our contracts and the hard work starts now.

"We're jumping straight in and it's been a busy last couple of weeks coming up to this stage.

"We've already spoken to players and been planning for the new season so that we can hit the ground running.

"We have offered contacts to a lot of the players from the season just ended, many of which have been taken up.

"We've already agreed terms with some and announcements will be made over the next few weeks, I'm sure of that. That's good because the supporters will be wanting to know what's being done behind the scenes."

Changes to the playing squad are inevitable over the close-season but Drury does not want to see a revolving door. He wants to add quality players to bolster the squad he was a part of last term.

The new boss also points out that he has not got a blank cheque, despite what rivals, agents and players might think.

Gareth Roberts, the club's wealthy new owner, has invested money since buying out former chief executive officer Bob Blackburn and finance director Kevin Hainsworth.

But the money has largely gone on ground and pitch improvements, although Drury said: "The board have provided a competitive budget.

"I think people from the outside will maybe look in and see things like 'billionaire owner' and 'oil tycoon' and these things that are being thrown about and think that it's going to be a massive budget and we're going to blow everyone out of the water.

"It's far from that. It's a competitive one and one we believe we can work with and be successful with next year.

"So our task now is to get a group of lads in, in the right mould, that fit in with our philosophy and fit what we're trying to do within that budget so that we can challenge."

Roberts has stated his intent to put a structure in place that will make the club self-sufficient at this level and lead to progression in the future.

He does not want to see the club compromised in a few years because of mismanagement now.

Drury said: "Gareth is an intelligent guy. He has been successful in everything he's done with his business, so he knows it's not just as simple as throwing money at it to get success – and that's not his plan anyway.

"He's planning to build a legacy, something that will be a lasting success. That is great for us to hear as we don't want to be part of something short-term, we want to build something long-term.

"So everything is positive from both sides and hopefully, with their backing, we can achieve the collective aim."