Dicks out - then in again

  • by Staff Writer
  • Monday, 29th June 2015

West Ham United Ladies manager Julian Dicks has left the club after just a year - to join Slaven Bilic's new look backroom team.

Former KUMB columnist Dicks (whose musings you may read here), who has been with the Ladies since June 2014 was confirmed as the latest member of Bilic's back room staff by the club this morning.

The 46-year-old, who played for West Ham in two spells during the 1980s and 1990s has been appointed in the role of coaching assistant.

"To be joining the first-team coaching staff at my Club is fantastic news for me," he told the club's website.

"I was with the Ladies last year and I thoroughly enjoyed that, but to get the opportunity to work with Slaven, his coaching staff and the first-team players is a dream come true.

"This is a Premier League club with some very good players already in the squad and some more very good players set to come in this summer. It is exciting times for me and exciting times for West Ham.

"I met up with Slaven last week and, although we had not met in person for a few years, it was like we had never been apart. We had a hug and a kiss and sat down and talked all about West Ham and all about football.

"We had a great relationship when we played together in the same team here and I am sure we will work well together again as manager and coach."


Dicks' first appointment will be to fly to Ireland with the rest of the senior squad to take part in his first session at the club's Irish training camp in Cork.

Bilic himself arrived in Ireland last Friday along with fellow new staff Edin Terzic, Nikola Jurcevic and Miljenko Rak (pictured below).




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