Paulton Rovers are delighted to announce that Craig Loxton will become the new first team manager, and joining with Craig as part of the management team will be John Durbin.

Craig has been manager at Shepton Mallet for the last seven years having played for Paulton under Andy Jones. He was signed from Clevedon Town having started as a professional with Bristol City.

John was previously manager at Hengrove when he joined Craig at Shepton Mallet in the 2019/20 season where they went on to establish the side as top 6 team in the league, and this season reaching the FA Cup 2nd qualifying round for the first time in the club’s history.

Separately, Kyle Tooze has left to join Yate Town.