York City have confirmed the appointment of David Webb as their new first team manager.

The National League club's new boss brings experience, having occupied plenty of different roles at various notable clubs, however this is due to be his first taste of first team management.

Leeds United Academy coach Michael Morton also joins as assistant manager.

  • David Webb's experience

Webb began his career in football as an academy coach at Wimbledon, Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur. With Palace, he made his name in talent identification, having discovered the current star that is Wilfried Zaha.

A spell with Millwall followed, where he took up the role of head of academy coaching. Different off-field roles saw Webb successful at Southampton and Bournemouth. His time at the latter club was one where he lead the first team recruitment, and played a part in crucial signings, including England striker Callum Wilson.

Returning to Premier League big guns Spurs soon after, the 45-year-old worked under Mauricio Pochettino - the elite manager added him to the backroom staff as Head of Elite Identification and Player Development.

With a UEFA A License under his belt, Webb had jobs outside of England. He was at one time, a consultant for Hoffenheim and Real Betis, before joining Ostersunds as Technical Director.

The latest position that the new York 'gaffer' took up was Head of Football Operations at Huddersfield Town in 2020, so this is set to be his first job in two years.

  • Webb's Comments

Subsequent to the managerial announcement, Webb spoke to the club media in his first interview since joining:

"I've been in football for over 20 years. From the coaching side, I moved into some of the recruitment side because that was always a fascination of mine, of blending and having a good knowledge of coaching and a good knowledge of recruitment as well.

"As a young player, I wasn't good enough to go on and make it, so I always wanted to stay in the game from a young age.

"My drive was always to be the best manager I could be, but what I wanted to do was to build an education platform - know how to coach, know how to recruit, know how to manage.

"I think I'm more than ready now to take on the challenge, and use all that experience together. There's a lot of stuff I can bring to York ultimately on the pitch for performances and results, but around the club as well, and really help the club build and go forward.

"Myself and the team; we've analyzed a lot of games - we've watched some games live as well, and we feel there's a lot of strength and quality within the team. Obviously results might not have showed that over the last couple of months. If you look at the start of the season, it was really quite positive, so sometimes it happens when performances can just dip.

"Short term, we're looking to improve results obviously. Longer term, we want to build something for the future. Ultimately, it's the results within the first few months. We want to try and impact the players, we want to try and help them develop, and help them to get to better levels."

  • Current Situation

Just over a fortnight ago, popular promotion-winning manager John Askey was sacked by the Minstermen, only days after celebrating a year at the helm.

The decision to part company with the former-Macclesfield hero wasn't one taken lightly by fans, with barely a single comment arising that supported the sacking.

Despite a positive start to the season, which saw York City sit within the playoffs, they have been on free-fall lately, and now drop to 17th, without a win in eight league games.

Tomorrow, they face big boys Wrexham, in the televised game - interim manager Tim Ryan will take charge while David Webb watches from the stands.