Paulton moved quickly on Saturday to apoint Tony Ricketts as their new Manager and player/coach, Aaron Brown, will be his assistant.
A former Bath City player, Tony went on to become first a coach and then manager, spending seven years at the club in all. He played 700 games at conference level in his career.
After leaving Bath, Ricketts worked for the Gloucestershire FA, running the county’s representative teams, as well as the ladies and under-18s sides.
From here, he earned a job with the Bristol Rovers women’s team, who at the time, were in the FA Women’s Premier League Southern Division. In his first season at Rovers, the team finished runners-up to the league’s only professional side, Fulham L.F.C. and in his second year, the team cantered to the league title, winning it with a quarter of the season still to spare.
After managing the women’s side he went on to manage Bristol Rovers’ under-18s team and was later appointed manager at Weston-super-Mare.
His first game with Paulton Rovers took place on Tuesday night against Stratford Town.