Gilchrist has been handed a contract until next summer

Woking have appointed Phil Gilchrist as their new manager, initially on a contract until the end of the season.

Gilchrist has been in temporary charge of the Blue Square Premier side since Kim Grant was sacked on 3 September.

The 35-year-old former Hartlepool, Leicester, West Brom and Oxford United defender arrived at Kingfield as Grant's assistant on 30 May.

Woking are 22nd in the table with just one win from their opening 10 league games of the season.