Former football league defender appointed as Ducks manager on a permanent bases in April 2024 having successfully retained the club's Step 4 status during a spell in interim charge which started three months earlier.

Dave's playing career encompassed 200+ professional games, and started with Tottenham Hotspur before subsequently also playing for, amongst others, Sheffield United, Crystal Palace and Millwall and with the latter he started his management career, whilst also having a very brief spell as caretaker manager of Swindon Town.

In the non-league game his journey has seen him hold posts at Bracknell Town, Henley Town, Hartley Wintney, Newbury, Burnham and - most recently - AFC Aldermaston.