Assistant manager Ian Pearce has put pen-to-paper on a playing contract and will be available for selection for Saturday's Coca-Cola League 2 game at Macclesfield Town.

Former Premiership title winner Pearce, whose last taste of Football League action came whilst on loan at Southampton from Fulham in February 2008, has taken the number 13 squad shirt and with centre back Janos Kovacs ruled out of the trip to Moss Rose through suspension, the 35-year-old could well find himself involved in the squad for the match against Keith Alexander's side.

Pearce started his career at Oxted & District FC before moving to Chelsea during the 1991/92 season. He played just four games in three seasons at Stamford Bridge before moving onto Blackburn Rovers in October 1993 for a fee of £300,000.

A team mate of Chris Sutton's whilst at Ewood Park, Ian picked up a Premiership winner's medal in 1995 and two years later moved to West Ham United for £3.5m but having been a regular in the heart of the Hammers' defence during his first two seasons at Upton Park, a serious knee ligament injury in 1999/2000 ruled him out of action for 14 months.

He returned in October 2000 but made just 35 appearances between 2001 and 2004 before moving across London to Fulham and he went on to play 57 times in the top flight for the Cottagers. He rejoined Oxted & District FC, the club where his career began, in September 2008 and more recently featured for Kingstonian FC in the Isthmian League Premier Division.