New Pumpherston supervisor Darren Pegg says he’s “honoured” to have been provided the gig and says he’s
up for the problem of rebuilding the membership.
The Recreation Park facet have loved success of their current historical past – twice successful league titles within the Juniors underneath earlier boss Craig Martin – however struggled of their maiden marketing campaign in senior soccer.
The ‘Ston ended up backside of the pile within the East of Scotland Soccer League, however Pegg is assured that he could make regular progress each on and off the sphere, with the membership additionally set so as to add an under-20 facet to the fold subsequent time period to finish the pathway.
Chatting with the Courier, Pegg, who's presently managing Broxburn Athletic’s under-19 facet, mentioned: “I had a spell because the assistant underneath Craig Martin a number of years in the past and I do know the membership nicely.
“I’m excited for the chance and excited to be doing it alone phrases. I’ve at all times gone again to look at them at any time when I may so when the possibility to assist them got here up, I used to be actually eager.
“I've spent a very long time in youth soccer. I've been teaching in any respect the assorted age teams for 16 years, so to be supervisor of a senior staff, particularly inside a league that's making an attempt to enhance and transfer ahead, is one thing that I’m actually excited by and I can’t wait to start out.”
He added: “It’s a brand new group of gamers to work with and I'd view myself as a training sort of supervisor. I wish to assist the person gamers and the membership enhance and advance.”
Having tasted nice success with Broxburn’s youth facet, Pegg admits that he’s eager to offer younger gamers the possibility to expertise and develop at Pumpherston, which he hopes will bode nicely for the membership’s stability and future.
He mentioned: “We’re making an attempt to arrange an under-20s facet and chatting with the committee, they need the perfect for his or her membership which is thru sustainability.
“It could have been very straightforward for them to nominate a brand new supervisor with a bit extra expertise within the senior recreation than me.
“I daresay that may have been the straightforward factor to take action I really feel privileged and honoured that they belief me and my concepts sufficient that they want me to try to create that sustainability.”
Now he’s trying ahead to getting his sleeves rolled up and attending to work, including: “We’re all lifelike in how we get there.
“Now we have had a troublesome season so it’s about taking steps ahead as a membership and I’m assured we will do this.”
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