Luke Williams outlines long-term thinking behind Notts County project

New Notts County head coach Luke Williams has said everyone at the club will work together to achieve their aims in the upcoming season.

The former Swansea City assistant was confirmed as the new head coach at Meadow Lane on Tuesday, with Ryan Hartley arriving as his assistant. He has previously worked as head coach at Swindon Town and with the youth teams at Brighton and Hove Albion and Bristol City, and now arrives at Meadow Lane.

His appointment comes after the exit of Ian Burchnall, who left the club back in May to join new League One side Forest Green Rovers. His departure prompted the search for the right man to start.

Speaking after his appointment, Williams outlined how the club will strive to make it back to the Football League this season, but also with an eye on the long-term as well. "I think that when the three of us (Williams and owners Alex and Chris Reedtz) sat down and spoke, there was three people in the room that were desperate to be successful, that was really clear,” he said as he was unveiled to the media.

“Every football club will tell you they’re trying to win the league, that they’re ambitious, but behind closed doors sometimes there are different agendas and that can become difficult for the head coach to try and keep the party line and also behind the scenes maybe there’s a different agenda.

“This is just people trying to win and trying to work out how they’re going to do that in a sustainable way and in a sensible way.

“We’ve seen clubs desperate to win without a plan and crash and burn and end up in a bad position, maybe something that happened at this club.

“But now we have a joined up way of thinking that we want to be successful, that is our aim to get out of the division, and we want to