'I love the football club' - Danny Webb comments on Chesterfield managerial vacancy after James Rowe's departure

Webb, who was Chesterfield’s first-team coach under Rowe, guided Town to a second successive victory on Saturday with a 2-1 win against Dagenham and Redbridge.

Two Kabongo Tshimanga penalties in each half saw the Blues come from a goal down to remain second in the National League.

Webb had a short spell as a manager at Leyton Orient in 2017 so would he fancy another crack at management?

He told the DT: "I learnt a lot from that. It was a strange situation there as well for different reasons. I was 33 and I only did a few games and I think my oldest player was 21. In five years have I learnt so much more? Course I have. And in another five years I will have learnt so much more.

"The biggest thing is, I love this place, I love the town, I love the football club, which is a big statement after not being here for a year, but I think it means a lot to me and all the other staff to see the boys give that sort of effort and keep us near the top of the table.”

Rowe left by ‘mutual consent’ on Friday night amid misconduct allegations which emerged last month.

At the moment, Webb says his role remains ‘day-to-day’.

Asked to reflect on his time with Rowe, Webb said: "It was a successful time. I think that whatever has happened at the club in terms of they have now released a statement, and he is no longer with us, it is my role at this specific time to make sure we tick over. The moment we don’t do that then we will start losing football games. Whatever the club decides to do going forward we want us to be in a good position come the last couple of months of the season for that final push.”

He added: "I think everyone has seen the statement that has gone out. I suppose that is one thing people are more certain about now about what is or isn’t going to happen.