Aslan Odev has been named caretaker boss at Sittingbourne following Nick Davis’ resignation.

Eleven managers had applied for the job by Monday morning - before it had even been advertised - but Brickies want to give Odev the chance to step up from his role as coach.

He’ll be working with the reduced budget that led to Davis' departure and can make the job his own if all goes well.

The appointment was rubber-stamped at a meeting last night and Odev will be in charge for the first time when Sittingbourne visit South Park on Saturday.

Secretary John Pitts said: “Given the strength of the candidates who’ve applied there’s a lot of pressure on Aslan and he knows that.

“For so many names to come forward before the job has been advertised proves we’re looked at as a big club, which we want to be, although we’re determined to go at our own pace.

“Aslan’s caretaker manager. How long for depends on results but we’re looking at the rest of the season.

“He’s on probation. If he loses every game then obviously we’d have to consider it again but we really don’t want to disrupt things too much.

“It doesn’t make a lot of sense to be signing a load of players for a couple of months.

“We’d rather get to the end of the season and start a with a new broom.

“We’re a club with a tradition of giving people their break in management - Richard Brady, Gary Abbott, Matt Wyatt, Nick Davis - and in general it’s worked out well.

"We had no hesitation in letting Aslan have a go.”