NEWPORT County caretaker boss Glyn Jones does not want the job full-time and has ruled himself out of the running to succeed John Cornforth as County manager.
Jones, who also helped out as caretaker manager last season after Peter Nicholas had been sacked, is happy to keep the hot-seat warm until a new man is found but wants to return to running County's academy as quickly as possible.
He explained: "I need to make it clear that I am only in this role on a temporary basis and am certainly not in the running for the manager's job.
"I have a very good job already at Hartridge, running what I believe to be the best youth academy outside the Football League and I'm just holding the fort until the board appoint a new manager.
"I am not being paid to manage the senior squad and I have not stopped working with the academy, so I am very busy at the moment.
"But in the long term my aim is to continue developing the academy along with Matt Southall whom I work closely with and I want to focus on that."
Jones is also keen to point out that there is no problem between him and Jason Bowen, as reported earlier in the week.
"I asked the board if Jason could help me out because I wanted someone straight and honest and Jason tells you what is on his mind and isn't a 'yes man.'
"He already does some work in the academy and we get on well so any suggestion that the two of us working together might be a problem is rubbish, it was me who asked for his help!"
The first task for Jones and Bowen is to take charge of tomorrow's Conference South clash with big spending Weymouth and despite a few bumps and bruises, Jones is expecting to choose from an almost fully fit squad.
* County board member Colin Everett is urging fans to keep coming to games and supporting the club after the sacking of Cornforth.
He said: "This is a community club and we listen to the supporters and there was overwhelming pressure from them to have a change of manager.
"That has happened and I would urge the fans to stand with us, at times like these we need active and financial support from them, they need to vote with their feet and show support to the club, both on the business side and the football side of things."
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