Former Wimbledon, Coventry City, Cheltenham Town and Wales manager Bobby Gould has agreed to take over at Blue Square Premier side Weymouth until the end of the season.

Gould, who lives in Portishead, will start in the job for the visit of Forest Green Rovers today and replaces Alan Lewer, who was sacked following the 1-0 defeat at Lewes.

A club statement said: "We would like to thank Alan for his services.

"We believe that in Bobby Gould we have a passionate and positive football man who can give the team and the club the sort of impetus we need over the last five games.

"After the board decided to make a change on Saturday night, Bobby was contacted, thought about it for half an hour and agreed to take the job.

"We welcome Bobby Gould and we are certain that he can work with the existing players and along with his assistant Marcus Browning, whom Bobby picked for Wales when he was their manager, will get the best out of them for the five big games ahead, starting against Forest Green Rovers."