By Matt Cecil

Junior Lewis and Damien Doyle are relishing the prospect of working with Peter Taylor this season after being unveiled as part of the Wanderers manager's new backroom staff this morning.

In an exclusive interview with wwfc.com, the pair told of their admiration for Taylor's managerial methods and believe that the ex-England coach is the right man to bring the glory days back to Adams Park:

"I've worked on both sides with Peter as a player and as a coach and he's been great for me," said new first-team coach Junior. "He's a winner and wherever he goes he always wants to win things and be successful."

Head of Medical and Sports Science Damien added: "I've been around a few different clubs but this is my first time with Peter. I had a chat with him a couple of weeks ago and he told me where he wants the club to go and what he wants to achieve, and after seeing the set-up around the club it was too good to turn down."

Ex-Leicester man Junior will probably be the more familiar name to Wanderers' fans, having played against the Blues on several occasions throughout his career, and joins up with Taylor for the seventh time in his career after working with the 55-year-old at Dover Athletic, Gillingham, Leicester, Brighton, Hull and Stevenage Borough.

And he believes that his previous experiences of working with Taylor will enable a smooth transition into his new position at the club:

"I know how Peter likes to play the game so I'll be looking to pass that on to the boys and get them to play the way he wants. Wycombe are a good footballing side which is how Peter likes to play and hopefully this time next year we'll have done well.

Lewis will work alongside Damien and assistant manager Ian Culverhouse throughout the season and the 34-year-old thinks the new managerial team share similar principles when it comes to coaching:

"All four of us are going to work as a tight team and we all work on the same wavelength. We had a meeting with Ian and he knows the players inside out and only had good things to say about them."

29-year-old Doyle's footballing background is somewhat different to Junior's, with his playing career being cut short by injury at the age of 18 after moving to England from Ireland. He began studying the medical side of sport and spent time at a number of clubs in a consultancy role before taking up full-time positions at Barnet, Brentford, MK Dons and Leicester City - all under manager Martin Allen.

It was at Brentford that Doyle first worked with Lewis before the pair both moved to the Dons in 2006, and the Irishman then moved to the Walkers Stadium where he was instrumental in saving the life of Leicester midfielder Clive Clarke, who collapsed during a Carling Cup tie.

Damien is now looking forward to welcoming the players back to pre-season training on July 1st - and the Blues' first-team stars will be relieved to hear that the days of running up hills are long gone as Doyle is looking to introduce a more football-orientated programme to get them back to fitness:

"I've worked with Junior before and everything we do has a total football approach to it. It's all based on what they need to do on the pitch and we haven't had too many complaints from players before!"

The club are delighted to welcome Junior and Damien onboard.

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