RICHARD O’Kelly, assistant manager to Sean O’Driscoll at Dean Court, has been appointed as Dean Smith’s number two at Brentford.

O’Kelly, who joined Cherries in the summer of 2004, followed O’Driscoll to Doncaster two years later.

Following a spell as manager at Hereford United, O’Kelly linked up with Smith at Walsall and the pair were snapped up by Brentford after guiding the Saddlers to fourth place in League One.