"It's welcome back in my case, it's been a bit of a roller coaster ride for me since I left here in 1990 or 91, I'm not quite sure when it was. I'm pleased to be back at Gigg Lane and excited about the challenge ahead."
"I made my football league debut for Bury, it was a game at Tranmere.I came on as a sub at Preston, but my first start was at Tranmere.It was the last game of the season and I think we won 1-0 and I scored."
"I've had an interesting career with various clubs and quite enjoyed it.There were good points, high points and some pretty low points but I'm sure that's the same story for most footballers."
"I've been doing my badges now for about four years.I stopped playing about 18 months ago and since then I've been basically waiting for an opportunity like this to come along and I'm very pleased to have secured the job."
"I know a lot more about the job after my first day (today), than I did yesterday.It's going to be a big challenge and it seems to be very professionally run, and there's a good routine already running and I just need to tweak a few knobs here and there and hopefully it will carry on being the success it has been for the last few years."
"I will meet all the kids for the first time in training on Thursday night, but the session will be a quiet one and I will meet them all formally on Monday."
"The profile of the centre of excellence has grown a lot over the last few years and there have been players come through the system have gone on to bigger and better things.It's a very good profile for the club to have."
"I was one of 75 applicants for the job, and I don't know what I said for the directors to offer me the job.I'm pretty laid back with the way I do things, I know a lot about the game and I've gained some knowledge over the last 15 years.I've met some good people in the game and I've learnt how to do things, but its all a learning curve and I will still be learning and what I do know I can impart onto the kids and we can all progress together."
"I was running the Under 14's at Manchester City and I really enjoyed it there, it was a little gut wrenching to leave, but we all move on and its part of football."
"I can't wait to get my teeth stuck into this, it's something that I have been waiting for and to get into the club on a daily basis and the way I want to do things and seeing how everything is run.I'm pretty excited to be honest."
"We will see how it goes, all I am keen on doing now is to do the best I can for Bury Football Club and for the kids.The rewards are seeing kids progressing, improving along the way and obviously growing up with the club as well."
