 Speight had earlier in the year been announced as manager, but he had not signed a contract and had been openly critical of the way the club operated, saying it was "run on an amateur level right through the place".Speight continued playing for the club in the early weeks of the 1985–86 season but he began looking for new opportunities and took up a management post in Norway midway through the campaign, after a brief spell with Rhyl.He spent the late 1980s and early 1990s as a playing manager in several Norwegian clubs.