Here at the Non-League Football Paper we've managed to interview new Gosport manager Aidan Faulkhead for the first time since taking over the club in the Vanarama Conference South.
[Reporter] Hello Aidan I'd like to get straight if that alright, how exactly did you manage to get the job when with all respect nobody has even heard of you or your previous work?
[Faulkhead] Yeah no worries, actually the chairman and I go a long way back I've known Danny Mckay since back in his days in Australia. At the time I was managing my local side Hallett Cove Kings and his company were our main sponsors so we met through our mutual interests and interest in the game. To cut a long story short though Danny and I always shared the same philosphy of the game and he thought I was doing some great work in the Victorian Premier league with Bentleigh Greens and gave me this oppurtunity after interviewing for the job.
[Reporter] So you got the job because your friends with the chairman, surely that's a poor way to run a club in appointing friends instead of someone who deserves the job?
Faulkhead] Hey wait a minute I didn't get this job because i'm a friend of the chairman. I admit I got an oppurtunity to be considered for the job because the chairman knows myself and my work, but I had to go through the process just like every other manager that was inteviewed for the job on my previous success and work.
[Reporter] Okay my apologies, where do you see the club and what are your ambitions going forward?
Faulkhead] Thankyou the last thing I want is for people to feel I was given this job not deserved the job. Our main aim is in the long term to make the club stable and self sufficient while taking the next step and going professional.
We want this club to be able to survive by itself and not go down the path many clubs do and find themselves in financial trouble or having to keep borrowing money to stay afloat and competitive.
[Reporter] How long do you think that will take?
[Faulkhead] We haven't set a time on our goals, we see them as a long term plan to set this club on a solid and self sufficient footing.
[Reporter] We at the Non-League Paper appreciate you taking time out to have an interview with us and hope to catch up again in the future.
[Faulkhead] No worries anytime.
That concludes our interview with the new Gosport manager Aidan Faulkhead. He'll have a lot to prove getting the job ahead of local managers and his supposed friendship with the clubs chairman Danny McKay.