Swindon Town three days later, Lee Peltier scorer of Yeovil's second, in a 3–2 victory, celebrated by revealing a message under his shirt showing support for Way. During his lengthy recovery, Way made his first appearance coming on as a substitute for the final seconds in his best friend Terry Skiverton's testimonial match, in July 2009. Way finally announced his retirement from playing thirteen months after his car accident in February 2010. On 23 July 2010, Way made his final playing appearance for Yeovil as a late substitute in his testimonial match against a Manchester United XI. Managerial career Yeovil Town During his recovery from his serious traffic accident in December 2008, Way acted unofficially as a backroom coach and scout for Yeovil, and after his retirement, in February 2010, Yeovil manager and his former teammate Terry Skiverton offered him a role as the club's technical coach. After the demoting of Terry Skiverton to assistant manager and the return of Gary Johnson in January 2012, Way remained in his role as technical coach. Way was involved in his third promotion with Yeovil as they defeated Brentford 2–1 to win the 2013 Football League One play-off final and earn promotion to the Championship for the first time in the club's history. Following the club's promotion Way, along with Johnson and Skiverton, signed a new two-year contract, after his agreement of a new contract the title of Way's role was changed to first team coach. Following the sacking of Gary Johnson in February 2015, with the club bottom of League One, Way was promoted to acting assistant manager to Terry Skiverton. Having failed to arrest the club's plight and with them all but confirmed as relegated from League Two, the club demoted Skiverton and Way back to their assistant and first team coaches roles respectively, hiring Paul Sturrock as the club's new first team manager. On 1 December 2015, with the club bottom of League Two and having not won in twelve league matches Sturrock was sacked and Way placed in interim charge, with Skiverton as his assistant. In his first match in charge he guided Yeovil to a 1–0 victory over Stevenage in the FA Cup first round. After six matches in interim charge, having drawn three of his four league matches Way was appointed permanently. In his first match in permanent charge, Way guided Yeovil to his first league victory,