Windass to take Darlo role

Dean Windass has agreed to become No.2 to Darlington manager Colin Todd in a player-coaching role.

Veteran striker agrees player-coaching deal

Dean Windass has agreed to become No.2 to Darlington manager Colin Todd in a player-coaching role. Todd made the veteran Hull City striker his leading target after being appointed by the North East club last month and it appears he has now landed his man. Windass scored the winning goal in last summer's play-off final victory which took the Tigers in to the Premier League but fell out with manager Phil Brown and ended his Hull career in the reserves after a stint on loan with Oldham. League One Gillingham were keen to secure the former Aberdeen, Oxford, Bradford and Middlesbrough forward this summer, but could only offer a playing position and not the coaching role he craved. Windass applied for the managerial vacancies at Aberdeen and Chesterfield, while three Australian A-League clubs expressed an interest. The 40-year-old is still to put pen to paper with the Quakers and the move will also have to be ratified by the club's administrators.