BRODIE READY TO CLIMB AT HILLMEN
RICHARD BRODIE can’t wait to get started at Glossop North End as permanent manager – and he’ll be sticking to what’s landed him the job in the first place.
The former York City and Fleetwood Town striker has been interim boss at North End since October but has now been made the permanent head coach after a successful stint.
The Hillmen currently sit 19th in the North West Counties Premier table, just 11 points above bottom-side Skelmersdale United, ahead of yesterday’s game with opponents Chadderton.
And the 36-year-old admits he had to earn the right to drop the interim tag.
“I’m delighted to be honest,” Brodie told The NLP. “Coming in as interim is difficult because you have to earn your stripes.
“I always say to the players you don’t get anything given to you these days, you’ve got
to earn it. I feel the way that things have gone results-wise that I’ve earned it.”
Although he’s no longer filling in at the helm and the job is his, Brodie won’t move away from his ideas and will continue to stick to what he feels works best.
In doing so, he also outlined his aims for the rest of the season and what he wants to achieve with the club.
“I said to the chairman, ‘it’s always been in the back of my mind that I’m interim but it won’t change anything I do,” he added.
“When I came in, I honestly didn’t think there was that much that had to be changed – until I stepped through the door.
“There’s a lot of things that weren’t right and needed to be put right. It wasn’t going to happen overnight and it was difficult but we picked up results and things changed.
“I’m a full believer in ‘winning breeds habits’ so everything I play I want to win.
“As far as I’m concerned, let’s finish as high as we can in the division and let’s see where the cup takes us and let’s try and get to a final.”
And he was looking forward to tests against Chadderton and, up next, Wythenshawe.
“As a player, I always wanted to test myself against the teams at the top of the league and I’m no different now as a manager,” the former Skelmersdale and Burscough boss said. “Chadderton and Wythenshawe, as the league stands, are two of the teams in the division so let’s go and test ourselves.
“It will be a good gauge to see where we’re at.”