The duo, who had been out of work since losing the Mossley job in March, submitted their application to the Surrey Street board on Saturday after hearing that Mark Canning and Andy Bishop had “parted company” with the Hillmen.
“We were interviewed at 1pm on Sunday and spent nearly two hours there.” Band explained. “Then, before you know it, I got a call saying they would like to offer us the position.”
After several months of spending their evenings and weekends as spectators, the two men are delighted to be back in the game and are very keen to get back to work. However, both acknowledge the size of task they face to get Glossop out of the relegation zone in the Evo-stik NPL first division west.
Band said: “There’s clearly a reason why the team are second-bottom of the table and haven’t won a home match so far this season. Lloyd and I have got to work that out, get some confidence in the team and get them playing with a smile on their face.
“We’ve got to make them harder to beat and at the same time, if they go a goal down, we’ve got to get them believing that they can come back. It’s quite clear there’s ability in the squad because they’ve won away at Radcliffe, they should have beaten FC United, and they were twice in the lead against Widnes.
“Our task is to get the side up towards midtable and I think it’s significant that Lloyd has never been relegated and I was never relegated at Mossley.
“We’ve both watched Glossop this season and we know some of the players like Cav Coo, Jack Tuohy, Russ Saunders, Sam Madeley and Darrhyl Mason. We’re going up there tomorrow (Tuesday) to meet the squad.
“The club needs to stay in this division, especially as it took them something like 34 years to get back to this level. And at the end of the day it’s still early doors. It’s quite tight at the bottom of the table and there’s still 27 league games to play.
“Glossop is a club that’s been in two FA Vase finals in the last few years, won the NWCL championship and been in the NPL play-offs. We know that if we can get things going we can get crowds of three or four hundred. That’s what we’re setting out to do.”
Band added that he and Morrison have been overwhelmed by the good wishes that have been heaped on them since it was announced that they had got the Glossop job. They are a popular and hard-working partnership and the general feeling is that they will fit in well at Surrey Street.”
According to Band, it’s all a matter of attitude. He said: “When I was at Hyde United, Gerry Clowes used to tell me never to make enemies in football because anyone you upset would refuse to help you down the line. I’ve always tried to remember that.”