TIVIDALE have appointed former Stourbridge youth team coach Dave King as the club's new manager.

The new boss at The Beeches has an impressive record leading his former youngsters to four league titles, seven county cups and one league cup and completed the treble three times and he has also seen a number of his players go into professional football.

Football General Manager, Leon Murray, said “I’m delighted to welcome Dave to the club. It has been a long drawn out journey to reach this conclusion it has not only been a managerial search but how as a club we will be structured going forward.

"We would like to thank the many applicants for the position, which reflects well on the club. But after creating a short list and interviewing some very strong candidates we felt that as soon as we spoke to Dave he went to the top of the list.

"It has been no secret that we want to consolidate at this level and build for the future by developing youngsters and we feel that Dave King is a perfect fit, not only has he had a successful managerial career at youth level but before that he led Lye Town to the West Midland Regional League Premiership title.

“We spoke to Stourbridge FC Chairman Andy Pountney and Vice Chairman Andy Bullingham and we received excellent feedback about Dave, not only as a manager, but also as an individual and they have allowed him to speak to us with their blessing."

King will announce his backroom staff in the coming days.