Former Preston North End winger Chris Humphrey is named manager of Scottish club Gretna 2008

Humphrey's appointment at the Raydale Park club was announced on Saturday evening.

He spent three-and-half years with North End between June 2013 and December 2016 after making a Bosman move from Motherwell, making 133 appearances.

After leaving Deepdale he went on to play for Hibernian, Bury and Barrow, but retired from the professional game last year due to a persistent shin injury.

The 31-year-old played part-time football with East Kilbride in the Scottish Lowland League since last October, combining that with a job in education.

Gretna 2008 play in the same division as East Kilbride and he is tasked with the job of turning their fortunes round after a lowly finish this season.

This afternoon, Humphrey was a late substitute in East Kilbride's 2-1 home defeat to Cove Rovers in the Highland v Lowland play-off first-leg.

The second leg will be played next Saturday.