Harvey was sacked by Forest Green for a "serious breach of contract"
Chester City have appointed former Morecambe and Forest Green manager Jim Harvey as their new boss.
Harvey succeeds Mick Wadsworth, who was sacked last week, to become City's 11th manager in eight years since owner Stephen Vaughan came to the club.
Captain Tim Ryan, who took control for Saturday's 0-0 draw at Hayes & Yeading, will be Harvey's number two.
Chester are 24 points adrift of safety in the Blue Square Premier after starting the season on minus 25 points.
City were docked an automatic 10 points for having gone into voluntary administration following relegation from League Two in May, and then had that increased by the Football Conference for undisclosed reasons.
The Football Association intervened when it became clear that their former owner Vaughan was still part of the consortium which had bought back the club.
Harvey once had a brief spell as Chester's youth coach.
He was sacked by Forest Green in August for a "serious breach of contract", after being strongly linked with the summer vacancy at Cambridge United.
And, it was a victory for Forest Green against Chester at the Deva Stadium last Tuesday night that cost Wadsworth his job after a sixth defeat in 13 games, allowing Harvey the chance to return to management.
Northern Irishman Harvey began his career with Glenavon before being signed by Arsenal as a teenager.
He spent two-and-a-half years at Highbury before moving on to Hereford United and then to Prenton Park to make his name with Chester's neighbours Tranmere Rovers.
But he then had a long first job in management at Morecambe, his 12-year reign ending only because of a heart attack.
After his departure from Christie Park was confirmed in May 2006, Harvey then moved on to Forest Green four months later.
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