Brian Little - I will revive Wrexham FC

By Mark Currie, Daily Post

12 April 2008

BRIAN LITTLE yesterday signed a new two-year contract with relegation-threatened Wrexham and immediately pledged to restore the club’s fortunes.

The 54-year-old replaced Brian Carey as Dragons manager in November, but despite signing 11 players in the January transfer window he has so far failed to arrest the slump and the club are currently seven points from safety with just five matches remaining.

Nevertheless, club owners Neville Dickens and Geoff Moss have opted to stick with Little.

Recognising the decision would not be met with universal approval from the club’s supporters, he said: “I would like to think there are some supporters who will be happy on hearing this news, although I accept that some will be disappointed.

“We still have a number of games in which to save ourselves, but my job now is to really resurrect things on the field, regardless of which division we are in next year.

“To those supporters who might be a little critical of myself, I would say ‘look, judge me on the team I put together next season’.

“My job is to build on the field of play and, irrespective of what happens in our last five games, I’m looking forward to building an exciting, strong team that will be very competitive and successful.

“After the last few years, everybody deserves a team on the pitch that wins football matches and that’s exactly what I’ll be looking to try and do next season.”

Little has yet to decide whether assistant boss Brian Carey and coach Martin Foyle will have roles to play next season.

“I have a very clear vision of what needs to be done because this is a club that has been going downhill for some time, so I will be making quite a few changes in the summer,” he added.

“But it’s early days and what exactly will happen depends on which league we will be in next season.

“Both Brian and Martin know what has been going on and we have worked well together as a team so major decisions have to be made and will happen as soon as I can make them.

“It is important from everybody’s point of view to get some stability back here. Wrexham’s current plight is the culmination of things that have gone wrong for the last three years and it is something we have tried hard to put right in a short space of time.

“It has not gone as well as we would have liked but it would have been just as difficult for anyone else. I told the club it was important to make this decision now and I am delighted to have been given the opportunity. I believe I have something to offer.”