'Deano will get it right' Departing Darracott's faith.

Byline: GARETH BICKNELL

DEAN SAUNDERS won't rest until he gets Wrexham back into the Football League, says departing assistant manager Terry Darracott.

Darracott - who this week called time on his Wrexham career after finally giving in to a long-standing hip injury - said Saunders would "leave no stone unturned" in his mission to get the Dragons promoted from the Blue Square Premier.

The 59-year-old said: "I've had a good go at what we were trying to do at Wrexham. I'm full of admiration for Dean Saunders - he's a workaholic, and when we started at Wrexham a year ago we decided to go hell for leather.

"We wanted to get the club back into the league and, to be fair, early doors it looked like we were going to do that. We've had a change in fortunes since then, but Dean will leave no stone unturned trying to turn the club around.

"He works seven days a week, working at all levels of the club. All the kids at the club know exactly what we're trying to do, which is great, and that's all down to the manager."

Darracot also hailed the work of Dragons favourite Joey Jones in developing the club's youth team.

Joey "I have to also mention Joey Jones," said Darracott, like Jones a former Wrexham player. "Joey Jones is doing a great job at the club and he always has done. He's done a brilliant job with the kids there.

"He knows exactly what we're trying to do with the first team, so any of the kids who step up to the reserves and then up to the first team know exactly what's required."

Darracott decided to call it a day at Wrexham after a hip problem which plagued him during the summer left him struggling to move about properly on the training pitch.

He is returning to his previous job as a part-time European scout for Premier League side Bolton Wanderers.

The Dragons' first-team coach Brian Carey will step up to be Saunders' number two, and Darracott said the former Wrexham centre-back would prove a more than capable deputy.

"Brian Carey will be a great help to Dean," he said, adding it was with huge regret he had decided to leave the club.

Jones "It was my own decision. I'd love to have carried on - I could see there was progress being made and that the aim we were working towards was a good one. I've enjoyed it thoroughly but for the first time in my life I've got to take a step aside."

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Joey Jones Dean Saunders (left) and Terry Darracott