The close season has seen a number of League One clubs change their managers.

The first to act, even before the end of last season, were Oldham who parted company with Dave Penney just two days before their final game of the campaign.

The former Darlington and Doncaster boss had only been in charge at Boundary Park for just over a year but failed to mount a promotion challenge in his first full season at the helm.

Assistant manager Martin Gray took charge for the Latics' closing match at home to Charlton but could only oversee a 2-0 defeat against the promotion-chasing Londoners - leaving the club two points above the relegation zone in the final League table.

Gray was one of 10 people interviewed to become Penney's replacement at the start of June but was unsuccessful and has also left Boundary Park.

Today the club made an interesting move in appointing former Scotland international striker Paul Dickov as their new player-manager on a 12-month rolling contract.

The 37-year-old has enjoyed a 20-year playing career, playing over 400 games, but has no managerial experience.

He started last season at Leicester and finished it on a short-term contract at Leeds.

Next manager to go was Gillingham's Mark Stimson, who left the club by mutual consent two days after their last-day relegation back to League Two.

Stimson had led the Gills to promotion alongside us via the play-offs 12 months previously and had been in charge at Priestfield for three years.

The Kent club went down after failing to win an away league game during the entire season.

His replacement was named on May 21 as Andy Hessenthaler, who had a four-year spell in charge of the Gills at the start of the decade.

Hessenthaler first joined Gillingham as a player in 1996 and played more than 300 games for them.

He resigned from his job as manager of Blue Square South side Dover to return to the Priestfield Stadium.

Check back tomorrow to find out which manager quit a League One club to move to the Championship and which team appointed the youngest boss in the Premier and Football Leagues.