Basford United have announced an overhaul of the club's backroom structure with some significant changes to its administration for the new season.

Long-time chairman of the football club and shareholder Neville Sheldon will take on the position of life president and will continue his very important work for the Nottingham based outfit.

Last season's director of football and shareholder Chris Munroe steps up to take on the overall club chairman role.

Director and shareholder Neil McGowan remains at the forefront of the club in the position of club secretary.

Basford are also delighted to welcome ex-Eastwood Town and most recently Carlton Town secretary Tracie Witton to Basford as general & match secretary. Tracie takes over full responsibility for the secretarial duties of the club including registrations, contracts and is the first point of contact for their respective first team at County FA and their respective Step 5 league.

The club also welcomes Neil Swift to the position of club groundsman.

The committee also expect to announce a significant change in the near future with regard to the catering and bar management side with a view to taking this full-time, to cater for the full-time football academy.

Commenting on the changes, Chris Munroe said: "Myself and Neil would like to express our sincere thanks to Nev for his tireless work and funding of the football club. He has and will be a key person at the football club and continue to have significant input. I am delighted and very honoured to take this role in what is without question a great football club. The club has not only reached an excellent level of football but continues to be geared for growth at time when so many clubs are failing."

Also commenting as to the other changes, he said: "We are delighted to recruit Tracie who has a first class pedigree and will do a fantastic job for us in this key role. With regard to the appointment of Neil Swift who is regarded as one of the best groundsmen in the East Midlands, this is again a major coup for the football club. It is no coincidence that the quality of the Greenwich Avenue main pitch showed a marked improvement when Neil and his team started working on it. Now, having his expertise on a full time basis is a great move."

Munroe now feels the backroom side is close to completion to provide the support for the progression of the first team and will plot a significant assault to make the progression to the Evo-Stik in the forthcoming seasons.

Whilst it will not be easy, Munroe is confident with the current first team management and the new infrastructure, the pieces are in place to drive Basford forward over the next three years