Colchester United have appointed Matty Etherington as the club's new Head Coach.
The former Spurs, West Ham and Stoke winger takes permanent charge of the U's, after a three week spell as an interim boss.
In that spell, the U's have picked up ten points from four league fixtures, and were narrowly beaten 3-2 in the FA Cup at League One side Shrewsbury Town.
Etherington, who made almost 500 appearances in his playing career, has been with the U's as U21s Lead Coach since the summer and steps up to take charge of the first team following Ben Garner's departure.
He is looking forward to it, saying: "I'm extremely pleased, and obviously grateful to the Chairman and Dmitri for giving me this opportunity, and I'll give everything I can to make sure this club is successful."
"It's been a decent start in terms of the league form, but we need to make sure we maintain that going forwards.
"I'm a big believer in 'what will be will be' and here we are. I'm really looking forward to it and I'll give it everything I've got."
U's Sporting Director Dmitri Halajko added: "Matty has had a good response from the players and his league points' return has been excellent as interim head coach."
"He's a Pro Licence coach who has had experiences of first team coaching at other clubs, along with a playing career at the highest level.
"These experiences will put Matty in a great position to be a successful at Colchester United.
"He will now have the opportunity on a full-time basis and will have the full support at everybody at the club as we look to continue climbing up the league table."