Holt's Norwich Move Confirmed

HOLT'S NORWICH MOVE CONFIRMED Norwich have finally been able to confirm Falkirk boss Gary Holt as their new first-team coach - after the Scottish Championship side jumped the gun on the announcement. Early on Monday afternoon The Bairns released a statement on their website explaining to supporters that Holt was moving to Carrow Road. But just two hours later they were forced to remove that statement as they admitted no deal had been agreed and that Holt was still in charge at the Falkirk Stadium. When Norwich then announced on their website at around 5pm that an agreement had been reached, the original Falkirk statement was then reposted and the apology taken down. Former Scotland international Holt - an ex-Canaries player - will now link up again with boss Neil Adams, who he worked alongside in the Norwich academy set-up before moving back to Scotland last year when he was handed the Falkirk job. Adams has also appointed the club's former Under-21 boss Mark Robson to his coaching team, while former striker Joe Royle has joined the Sky Bet Championship outfit as a football consultant. Adams said: "Mark and Gary are two people I've worked with closely and both will bring enthusiasm, hunger and experience to the coaching team. They have also played at the highest levels in this country. "Joe is someone who I have played for at both Championship and Premier League level, and he has amassed a vast amount of knowledge during his time in the game. He has been there, seen it and done it so to speak, and has also been very successful during his time as both a player and a manager." Royle, the former Everton and Manchester City manager, will support and advise Adams' football management team having initially worked with the new boss when he was manager of Oldham Athletic during Adams' playing days. Norwich plan to announce a new technical director shortly and are currently interviewing a number of candidates for the position of director of recruitment. After clearing up their earlier mistake, Falkirk wished Holt luck on his new venture. Their statement read: "The club can confirm that Head Coach Gary Holt has accepted a coaching role at Norwich City after Falkirk granted the Carrow Road side permission to speak to him over the weekend." Bairns chairman Martin Ritchie added: "The Club fully understands Gary's wishes to return with his family to Norwich. We would like to wish him every success in the future and to thank him for all his work at Falkirk over the last year." Holt led Falkirk to third in the Scottish Championship this season but lost out on promotion when they were beaten by Hamilton in the play-off semi-finals. But his employers had even started the search for his replacement, adding in a further statement: "Following today's announcement that Gary Holt is leaving the club to take up the post of assistant manager at Norwich City, the search starts immediately for a new head coach. "The club aims to have a new head coach in position by the time the team come back for pre-season training on Thursday, June 26. To meet this very tight timescale, the club will draw up a shortlist of potential candidates by the end of this week."