Dudley calls for unity at Parkway

HE may not don the cap, or wear a badge that states he is interim manager, but Stuart Dudley's message to all at Plymouth Parkway is simple, as he attempts to lure the club out of the Southern League Premier Division relegation zone: ‘We are all in this together’

- By STUART JAMES

Stuart Dudley has taken Interim charge of Plymouth Parkway

The long-serving stalwart of Bolitho Park was asked to take things on following the dismissal of Chris McPhee at the start of the week and following Saturday's disappointing 2-1 home defeat to Hungerford Town, which left the club second from bottom of the table and four points from safety.

Dudley's first assignment is a big one too with the Yellows travelling to relegation rivals Taunton Town tomorrow - and he has called on everyone to pull together to achieve their only real target between now and the end of the season: survival.

“That's been the message to the players this week’ Dudley said ahead of the trip to Wordsworth Drive. “There's no magic wand.

“It doesn’t matter if you get Jose Mourinho here, or Pep Guardiola here, there's no magic wand. There is no formula that’s just going to go ‘click’ and that’s going to change everything because that's not the situation we're in.

“Everyone's got to absolutely be in it together, as you say, and the main message really has been around being connected with each other, having your mates’ back, and if they make a mistake, you make up for it.