Matlock Town boss lands Football League role

Cresswell has been appointed as their new Under 18s head coach on a full-time basis, working closely with the club's development players as they progress towards representing the first team.

Doncaster say he officially began the role a week ago.

In a statement released last month, Matlock confirmed that Cresswell had landed a coaching position at a then-unnamed EFL club.

They added that he would continue in the role of joint-manager at the Gladiators alongside Ricky Ravenhill, adding that the "viability of the arrangement" would be assessed during pre-season.

He took charge of the club's opening pre-season friendly last weekend, a 2-0 home defeat against League One side Barnsley.

Cresswell was reappointed Matlock boss in mid-May, less than two weeks after his departure from the club was announced.

Having previously managed the club during a six-month spell between September 2024 and March 2025, he ended last season in interim charge of the Gladiators but was dismissed following their play-off semi-final defeat to Bradford (Park Avenue).

The club subsequently moved to bring in former Stamford boss Graham Drury, who lasted a matter of weeks in the role before requesting a release from his contract due to the "challenge" he and the club faced assembling a squad capable of promotion, given Drury's wider player network was more southern-based.

Cresswell was then welcomed back into the fold, in a move which Matlock owner David Hilton explained would satisfy "the need for greater solidarity and unity across the club".