Westley is the new Poppies manager.

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According to the ET ... "Graham Westley has been appointed caretaker manager of Kettering Town until the end of the season. The appointment, announced this evening, follows the sacking of Morrel Maison as The Poppies manager earlier this week and the departure of Ron Atkinson as Director of Football on Wednesday.

Westley has been charged with the responsibility of getting Kettering Town promotion through the play-offs which will mean he will take the reins for the next five games, starting with Stalybridge Celtic away on Saturday."

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With all the recent speculation abounding following the departure of Morell Maison and Ron Atkinson the unofficial bookies favourite appears to be Graham Westley. Already known to the majority of non-league football fans up and down the country while in charge of Farnborough, Stevenage and most recently he rescued our friends from down the road from relegation from the Conference National.

Admittedly not the most popular chap in the eyes of a host of non-league supporters (just try doing a Google search), if the official announcement is shortly made that Mr Westley is in charge until the end of the season it certainly underscores the phrase 'never a dull moment' at Kettering Town Football Club.

One things for sure, Poppies chairman Imraan Ladak is investing a lot of faith in whoever is appointed manager, to get the club promoted to the Conference National this time around. It's a big gamble this late in the season, but if he can pull it off then history will dictate it was the right decision, if we don't win promotion (be it as champions or through the play-offs) then it's a case of 'the buck stops here'.

Expect an offical announcement on Friday as to who will be in charge for the remaining two matches and (barring a miracle collapse by Droylsden) for the Conference North play-offs directly following. After that it's anybody's guess ...