DOVER Athletic's former manager Clive Walker is to return to take charge of the struggling East Kent side.

Walker has quit Chatham Town, the club he joined after being sacked by Whites 15 months ago. He takes over from Steve Browne who was sacked by Whites at the weekend.

Walker said: "Dover are one of the very few clubs I would have left Chatham for. Chatham Town have been good to me and it is with sadness that I am leaving.

"I am determined to rebuild Dover Athletic and help restore them to among the top non-league clubs in the country."

Steve Binks, the former assistant to Walker and the caretaker manager before the former manager arrived 14 months ago, has been appointed Chatham's new manager.

Walker stressed: "I know that Chatham, with Steve Binks at the helm, will continue to progress."

Walker previously spent seven seasons with the Dover as No 2 to Bill Williams, Gary Bellamy and Neville Southall, as well as being in charge himself for a season.

New Whites' chairman Jim Parmenter has reinstated him as manager and hopes Walker will stop the club's disastrous run of results which has left bottom of the Ryman League Premier Divison.

He said on the club's official website: "I don't think it was right for the club to dismiss Clive in the first place. We were something like 10th in the Dr Martens League Premier table and not a million miles behind the leaders.

"Not many managers can take on this position at Dover but Clive is one of them. He loves the club and knows it inside out."

Mr Parmenter told KM-fm he believes Walker is the right man for the job...