Gee backs Camm the coach

Rainworth Miners Welfare manager Kevin Gee believes former club captain Mark Camm and midfielder Danny Bacon will make a successful management duo following their departures from the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League club, writes Gordon Foster.

The two senior internationals left the First Division South outfit at the end of last week to take over at a club further down Non-League's pyramid. As Camm, pictured, and Bacon have yet to be officially unveiled by their new employer, the Wrens manager wouldn't name their destination but backed the duo to fulfil their coaching and managerial dreams.

Gee, who's started work on putting together his squad for the coming campaign, said: "Both will be 33 at the start of next season and, as with all senior professionals nearing the end of their careers, they have to start weighing up their options and where they want to be once their playing career ends.

"Both of them are top professionals in everything they do and some of the younger players have certainly learned a lot from them both since my time here. But an opportunity had arisen for both of them to go into a coaching and advisory role within the management structure of a local club which would also give them a chance to continue playing for a further season.

"It is too good an opportunity for them to turn down, in fact Danny is already wearing his coaching hat and asking us to consider their new club for a pre-season game. I would like to go on record to thank them both for playing a huge role in the continued development of our club and wish them both every success in their new challenge.

The Wrens manager added: "I'm sure they'll embrace and hopefully enjoy a very successful first season with their new club. They will be working with a good chairman who I know personally, and will be two fantastic signings for their new club, even just from a playing perspective, so I wish them both well."