CHERRIES coach Mark Molesley has underlined his determination to “put my own stamp” on his managerial position at Weymouth.

Molesley, interim boss of Cherries under-21s, was unveiled as the club’s new boss ahead of their 4-0 win over Southern Premier Division high-fliers Leamington yesterday, Terras’ final game of an indifferent season.

The 36-year-old, who scored five goals in 60 Cherries appearances, was player-coach under previous manager Jason Matthews, having arrived at the Bob Lucas Stadium in July 2015.

Molesley will be assisted by Paul Maitland, who was also Matthews’s number two, while Bashley boss Tom Prodomo and Bashley goalkeeper Joe Prodomo will both take up coaching posts.

Londoner Molesley took the under-21 reigns at Vitality Stadium after Stephen Purches had stepped up to become first-team coach under Eddie Howe and will continue his full-time role with Cherries.

Molesley told the Dorset Echo: “I’m my own man. There will certainly be changes and a big shake up, without a shadow of a doubt. I will be looking to put my own stamp on it now.

“I will be looking to put everything that I have learnt through my own career with my own ideas. I am quite clear in my mind of how I want to do things and how I want to set this up.

“This is a good project and one I am excited about.

“It’s a great club and an illustrious club but that doesn’t give it any God-given right to just achieve something. If anything, it has its challenges.

“The season might stop now but we really have to get to work. Most people have probably organised their pre-season and their team six weeks ago, whereas we are almost starting from scratch. We have a lot of catching up to do.

“But I have good people around me and we have been at work already, so we will start to see where we are and what players are thinking.”

With a new era dawning for Weymouth, having also appointed a new chairman in Steve Mills, Molesley is excited about the future.

He added: “We want to win the hearts and minds of everyone around the club and the community, bringing back old fans and building things on solid foundations.”

Molesley was one of Howe’s first permanent signings in January 2009 after originally joining Cherries on loan from non-league Grays Athletic.

A key figure as Cherries escaped relegation in 2009, he signed for Weymouth following spells with Exeter and Aldershot and returned to Dean Court in a coaching capacity in August 2015, working with the club’s under-15 age group on a part-time basis.