| It is the third time in 20 years that the club has promoted from within as it wrestled with replacing Ray Farningham, who last week departed to take up a scouting role with Gretna.
Officials are hopeful it will bring leadership stability to Forfar after being rocked by the loss of a clutch of managers in the last four years.
George takes over the reins as part of a package which involves Loons striker Paul Tosh stepping into the assistant manager’s post, while still retaining a playing role.
As part of the negotiations, Paul has signed a two-year playing contract to stay with the Sky Blues.
The appointments, made late last night, were revealed today by club chairman David McGregor who said, “The board was unanimous in its conclusion that the best way forward for the club was to appoint from within.”
Shaw’s playing career has seen him pull on the colours of Forfar, Partick Thistle, Dundee, Dunfermline, Ross County, Clydebank, Stranraer and Stenhousemuir. |
