TOMMY JOHNSON'S HOME KIT IS SPONSORED BY THE PIE  FOR THE 2008/09 SEASON

Notts County boss Ian McParland enlisted in the help of Tommy Johnson to supplement his backroom team in October 2007.

McParland felt that he and Dave Kevan needed "an extra pair of hands" to share the workload following the departure of Paul Beesley, as well as Steve Thompson and John Gannon.

McParland explained following the appointment: "Tommy rang to congratulate me as soon as I was appointed and said that if there was anything he could do to help out, I only had to say.

"All sorts of jobs need doing around a football club which are nothing to do with kicking a ball, and Tommy has agreed to work with myself and Dave."

Johnson secured his place in Notts' history when he scored one goal and made the other in the 2-0 Play-Off win over Tranmere in their first-ever Wembley appearance in 1990.

Twelve months later he scored twice in the Play-off triumph over Brighton and took his goals tally to 53 in 132 senior appearances before joining Derby County for £1.3million in January 1992.

Johnson also went on to serve the likes of Aston Villa, Celtic and Everton and since retiring as a player he had been working for a charity on a voluntary basis.