{"id":208751,"date":"2025-12-30T18:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/208751\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:52:07","slug":"adam-clayton-matlock-town-reappoint-manager-two-days-after-he-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/208751\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Clayton: Matlock Town reappoint manager two days after he left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">By Monday, Matlock owner David Hilton explained that Clayton had been released to pursue an opportunity with another club higher up the English football pyramid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hilton said the Gladiators had initially &#8220;decided to not allow those discussions&#8221; to take place until the end of the season, fearing it would &#8220;unsettle&#8221; the Derbyshire club, only to then release the manager to pursue the chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And when Clayton turned down the opportunity of a new start elsewhere, the 36-year-old is said to have &#8220;requested he be reinstated&#8221; so he could &#8220;finish what he had started&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;While the earlier decision was taken with the club&#8217;s long-term welfare in mind, further reflection and continued dialogue highlighted the importance of stability, continuity, and a shared direction,&#8221; Hilton said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matlocktownfc.co.uk\/club-statement-matlock-town-management-team.asp\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a statement on the club website., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Clayton, who started his professional career on the books at Manchester City, was still playing when he was elevated from midfielder to interim manager at Matlock last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite Matlock going on to be relegated last term, Clayton was given the job on a permanent basis and had the Gladiators within seven points of league leaders Redcar Athletic by the end of what can only be called his &#8216;first spell&#8217; in charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Monday, Matlock owner David Hilton explained that Clayton had been released to pursue an opportunity with another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-208751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}