New Llay Welfare boss Scott is determined to turn around the tier 2 club’s fortunes

New Llay Welfare manager Jord Scott believes there is enough quality in the squad to turn around a disappointing start to the season and remain in the Cymru North.

Llay moved quickly to appoint Scott following the departure of Phil Hudson yesterday.

Scott, 28, has been promoted from first team coach to become the latest boss of the Wrexham-area club.

Hudson and Llay parted ways by mutual consent after a disappointing start to the season has culminated in the Welly sitting next-to-bottom of the tier 2 league.

Welfare were promoted to the Cymru North last term with Hudson taking the reins at the start of this season.

Scott has worked alongside Hudson, but now comes the opportunity to show what he can do in the hot seat.

The new manager said: “I am delighted to accept the 1st team manager’s job at Llay. Firstly I want to thank Philly Hudson who brought me into the club, who was a colleague but also a friend and have no doubt the phone will ring for him soon – he’s a top manager and man.

“In terms of Llay, the results haven’t been what we have wanted but the performances have been positive and I’m sure we will turn it around soon.

“We have a great squad and we are working hard on and off the pitch to stay above the dotted line. Llay is a fantastic club with a lot of plans moving forward which I am excited to be part of.”

New chief Scott began his coaching career managing Poulton Royal in the West Cheshire League at just 25 where he earned promotion, before moving on to work as assistant-manager at Cammell Laird 1907 in the North West Counties Football League.

Following his time with the Shipyarders where he picked up a Wirral Senior Cup win, he joined Ruthin Town in April 2023 as assistant-manager, staying with the club for a year before opting to join former colleagues Hudson and Ben Hughes at Denbigh.

He then quickly moved on to Llay with Hudson in the summer.

Scott leads the alternate provision programme at Tranmere College and lectures for the University of South Wales.

He has obtained his UEFA B Licence with the aim of progressing to the A, adding to his degrees in teaching and mental health.

Llay Welfare said in a statement: “𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 28 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘜𝘌𝘍𝘈 𝘉 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 and 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 1𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩.

“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳.

“𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.”