Peake says the re-adjustments at Rovers will be good for the club

Vice-chairman Colin Peake has revealed Forest Green will offer Dave Hockaday a new contract to stay as manager.

Rovers were relegated from Blue Square Premier on Saturday and his contract has now expired.

Peake told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "All the board is behind him, we think he has done, under the circumstances, a tremendous job.

"It will be Dave Hockaday's decision whether he stays with us or goes somewhere else."

Hockaday took over at the New Lawn in mid-September 2009 from Jim Harvey, with Rovers already in the relegation zone and on just two points from nine games.

Agonisingly for the club's fans, Rovers only went down on goal difference, dropping back in to the relegation as late as the 86th minute of their 2-1 defeat at Grays.

Hockaday has already said he wants to stay and take the club back up, but Peake explained that is a task that will have to be done without full time players:

"We will be approaching him now with budgets, what we can afford as a part-time club," he said.

"We've had to be honest with the manager and say what he's had available since he's been with us won't be any longer available and we have to face that reality.

"Every player, the manager - everybody - their contract ended last Saturday, they can look for new jobs as well as we may be able to offer them some employment for next season."

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