Yeovil Town appointed Russell Slade first team manager on the 7^th June 2006, and to say the least, he has been a resounding success, taking the club to the League One play-off final at Wembley in his first season.

Russell Slade is a coach of some experience, who has enjoyed a number of notable achievements during what has generally been a successful managerial career.

Following temporary positions with Notts County and Sheffield United during the 1990's, Russell's first permanent post was with Scarborough.

When he arrived at the club in November 2001 they were bottom of the Conference, but under his stewardship the team went on a fine run of results picking up 39 points from the final 19 games, so allowing them to finish in a respectable 12th place.

He stayed for a further two years at the Yorkshire club, with them doing well, although not really challenging for automatic promotion to the Football League.

His most notable success at the club was a superb run in the FA Cup in 2004, which saw them dispose of Hinckley United, Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale, and finally Southend United, before the glamour of a home tie with Premiership Chelsea.

Despite losing 1-0 they put up a tremendous battle, coming close to a famous upset.

Under Russell Slade Scarborough played a total of 133 matches, winning 50, losing 42 and drawing 41, before he left for Grimsby in May 2004.

Russell arrived at Grimsby Town during a difficult period in their history. The club had just been relegated to League Two, and following the problems with the IVT Digital broadcasting deal they were also very strapped for cash.

Despite this, he managed to put a team together and finished a stabilising mid table finish in his first season.

Russell improved his squad and as a result spent most of the next season in the automatic promotion places.

In the end however they had to be content with the play-offs, with the manager guiding them to the final where they unfortunately lost 1-0 to Cheltenham Town.

Following the defeat it was announced that Russell had left his post at the club after a failure to agree the terms of a new contract.

Whilst at Grimsby he saw his side play at total of 105 games. They won 41 of these, lost 34 and drew 30.

Arriving at Huish Park Russell Slade immediately set about the task of rebuilding the Glovers depleted squad, adding much quality players as Steve Mildenhall, Terrell Forbes, Chris Cohen and Wayne Gray.

They soon gelled and moved up the table, to spend most of the season in the top six.

In the end they secured 5^th in the league, and following an epic semi final battle with Nottingham Forest, which saw them beat the former Premiership club 5-2 at the City ground in the second leg, they went through to Wembley on the back of an impressive 5-4 aggregate win.

They lost 2-0 to Blackpool in the final.It was a disappointment for everyone connected with the club, but having started the season as relegation favourites, it had been a resounding campaign.

Russell added well to his squad during the summer of 2007, and with players of the quality of Gary Dempsey, Lloyd Owusu and Marvin Williams recruited, the club should challenge strongly this season.