France, the former manager of North Ferriby, will be assisted by his son Darren at the new Scarborough club.

"Managing Scarborough Athletic is going to be a real challenge. We will be able to get a side together and the players will all have to roll their sleeves up.

"Although it is a new club, they still carry the name of Scarborough. It's a big club with a big name and teams will raise their game to beat us," he said.

Simon Cope, chairman of Scarborough Athletic, said: "Brian brings a wealth of experience in the non-league game in Yorkshire to the table and his outstanding record with relatively limited resources at North Ferriby United speaks for itself.

"Both Brian and the board are now committed to identifying the players and backroom staff to achieve the victories that the people of Scarborough deserve."