The Barnsley director Don Rowing has said that the arrival of David Flitcroft as the caretaker manager for the club till the end of the season is a decision made in order to preserve the continuity of the club. The 39-year-old was recently appointed as the caretaker manager for the team to the end of the season after managing to get two victories from the last three matches. The club had been searching for a replacement for the sacked Keith Hill for several weeks now. They came extremely close to securing the services of the manager Sean O’Driscoll, who turned them down.
After approaching several parties, they have come to the conclusion that Flitcroft should be retained as the caretaker manager in order to avoid drastic changes at the club. Flitcroft was the assistant manager to Keith Hill before the sacking. He will now be assisted by the former Fleetwood Town manager Micky Mellon and the former Hartlepool United manager Martin Scott. Rowing has confirmed that there is money available to spend in the January transfer window, as the club look to get out of the relegation zone. They are currently in the 23rd position with 25 points on the board, with the undefeated four match run helping them climb from the bottom of the table.
“We thought that continuity and stability was the key for the players. With just 19 games to go, we thought it would probably be counter-productive to bring someone else in. The performance of the team and the passion shown by David over the last two weeks made us think he had done enough. We know what kind of football the fans like to see here and that is what they got (in the win over Leeds) on Saturday,” said the director of the club.