Bartlett Extends His Stay at Weston-super-Mare

Long-term deal for manager.

Southern League Premier Division South club Weston-super-Mare have announced that manager Scott Bartlett has signed a new long-term contract.

Bartlett returned to the Seagulls for his second spell as manager in May 2019, leaving his role as the academy manager at SkyBet League Two side Forest Green Rovers.

The post at the Optima Stadium had been vacant since March 2019 when Marc McGregor was sacked following a poor run of form which eventually saw Weston relegated from the Vanarama National League South.

During his playing career, Bartlett started out at Cirencester Town academy as a youngster, before moving on to Salisbury City.

In nine years, he played over 400 times for the Whites, with a title win in the Southern Premier and a playoff win in the Conference South.

Upon his release from the Raymond McEnhill Stadium in March 2009, he signed for Weston, where he captained the side for a short spell and then moved across North Somerset to Bath City in February 2010.

He managed 4 starts as his spell with the Romans was hampered by a shoulder injury.

In the summer of 2010, he joined Conference side Forest Green Rovers and made 11 appearances across the 2010/11 season before being forced to hang up his boots in August 2011 due to a knee injury.

Bartlett then moved into coaching with the Forest Green academy, becoming their head of academy and raising the academy level to ‘category three’ before his departure from The New Lawn.

Managing director Oli Bliss told https://www.westonsmareafc.co.uk: “Due to how last season ended up, we’ve lost a year on Scott’s original contract, so we’ve decided to allow for that and offer him a long-term deal.

“We are really happy with what Scott has been doing on and off the pitch, the squad he has brought together now, which he has done over the past 12 months is a credit to him. He came in with half a squad already in place and slowly managed to make improvements to the squad over time, the results on the pitch were beginning to reflect that.

“We also are very confident that the partnership between the two Scott’s is exactly what the club needs to move the club forward over the next few years. This gives the squad and management team stability to achieve the results required for the club to progress.

“We are in great shape and all looking forward to returning to The Optima Stadium”.

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