By Robin Jones
FORMER Shawbury United centre-back Luke Hicks has been named as the new manager of phoenix club Ludlow.
Hicks, 28, also played for AFC Ludlow, who folded last summer after manager Dave Cooper was unable to get enough players interested in joining the Shropshire club.
But several of the players got together over the winter with a view to forming a new club to represent the town.
The new team has entered the West Midlands Regional League Division Two and will play their home games at the Ludlow Football Stadium.
Hicks, who was born in the town and played under Cooper, has also ...