AFC Telford United: Rob Smith returns as Bucks manager

Bucks boss Rob Smith (left) and sidekick Larry Chambers have been at Hednesford Town since September 2010

AFC Telford United have reappointed Rob Smith as Bucks manager following Sunday's sacking of Steve Kittrick.

Smith returns to the club who sacked him and assistant Larry Chambers after their third failure to win promotion from Blue Square North in April 2010.

Smith and Chambers now come back in at the same level following the Shropshire club's relegation in April from the non-league top flight under Kittrick.

Telford are bottom of National League North after a poor start to the season.

It was their haul of just one point - and one goal - from the first five games which cost 57-year-old Yorkshire businessman Kittrick his job.

Smith and Chambers, who have left National League North rivals Hednesford Town to return to Telford, first arrived at the Bucks Head in February 2006 - two thirds of the way through the Bucks' second season after reforming.

They helped the club avoid relegation from the Unibond Premier in their first season, led them up the following year, then twice went close to promotion, losing in the play-off semi-finals in 2008, losing to Gateshead in the final in 2009 and missing out on the play-offs a year later.

Their first game back in charge will be at Gloucester City this Saturday (29 August, 15:00 BST).

Smith and Chambers are due back at Hednesford, where they have spent the last five years, on Boxing Day.