Gloucestershire County League promotion hopefuls AXA have appointed Steve Winter as their new manager.

The former Almondsbury Town assistant boss, who enjoyed a professional playing career with Walsall and Torquay United before making the switch to Forest Green Rovers, steered Shirehampton to a second-place finish in the Somerset County top flight in his first season at the helm last term.

AXA vice-chairman Simon Hartley said: "Steve's got great credentials on and off the field and his ambitions as a manager match ours as a club."

Winter takes over from Gavin Tufton, who is recovering well from a chest operation.