New number two at Cougar Park Richard Chattoe is already making an impact and boss Paul Schofield said his influence will prove even greater in the coming months.

"We are moving in the right direction and Richard is pleased with what he has found since he came to us," said Schofield of his new assistant, the former Guiseley and Bradford Park Avenue player-coach.

"He is enjoying working with our squad and he didn't realise they are such a young bunch.

"He is a real football man, through and through.

"He has taken a couple of training sessions now and been in the dugout. The trouble is, we don't get too many sessions in during the Christmas period. It is all playing and then days off. Things won't get back to normal until a week into the new year.

"He's been first class for us so far and I'm sure he will have even more influence on the development of the players and coaching methods in the coming months."

As well as familiarising himself at a new club, Chattoe is also adapting to life in a new league.

Schofield said: "It's all new to him because the north-west is one of the places he hasn't had much experience of. He has visited Trafford and Winsford United because they have both been higher up in the past.

"The former UniBond clubs are the only ones he knows from our division. The rest are all new grounds for him."