manager until 15 December 2017 when former player and assistant manager Marc Richards returned and was appointed manager, with Morford becoming player/assistant manager. Under Richards, City pushed away from the relegation zone and the club went on to mount a small playoff push earning Richards the February Manager of the Month award before finishing a respectable 14th. On 2 October 2018, it was announced that Marc Richards was to leave the club by mutual consent. He would later join former City manager Tim Harris at Hereford F.C along with assistant manager Will Morford and the club's performance analyst. Tom Webb and Mike Green took the joint role of caretaker manager. As the search began for a new manager, on 5 October 2018, club legend and record appearance holder Tom Webb announced his retirement from his playing career. Webb made 719 appearances for the club in a career spanning 18 years. On 10 October 2018, the search was over and Chris Todd was announced as the new first team manager following a 3 nil FA Cup win away at Dorking Wanderers. On 3 January 2019 however, Todd left the club by mutual consent after a spell of 15 games without a win. On 8 January 2019, City appointed former player Mike Cook as manager. He was joined by other ex-Tigers Karl Bayliss and Andy Hoskins, whilst Tom Webb and Mike Green were retained to complete the coaching staff. Results picked up and a dramatic 3–2 win against Chippenham Town confirmed Gloucester's National League status again. On 18 April 2019, the club announced a change to the badge moving away from the Tiger logo and instead to a new logo encompassing the Gloucestershire coat of arms, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester Docks and the City skyline. The kit colour will also change from yellow and black back to a predominantly red kit from the 2019/2020 season onward. On 16 November 2019, manager Mike Cook was sacked as Gloucester City manager with the club lying mid-table in the National League North. A replacement was swiftly appointed in the form of ex-West Ham United coach James Rowe, who became the first full-time appointed manager of the club. Work began on the new stadium on 5 January 2020 with an expected completion date being the start of the 2020–21 season. The 2019–20 season would end up becoming one of the most historic in the history of the