Alan Mullery was today being unveiled as a part-time football consultant with Crawley Town.
The former Albion boss will give advice on all aspects of running the club including coaching and signing players.
Mullery, 63, who played for England in the 1970 World Cup finals, had two spells in charge of Albion, taking them into the top flight in 1979.
Mullery, who lives in Sussex, said: "I went to a few pre-season games and I was asked if I would help out and I have decided to give it a go.
"The club want to get into the Football League so they need people around who know how to run a football club.
"I have been given carte blanche to tell them where they need to improve.
"I will try and help out (manager) Francis Vines as much as I can. He has done extremely well but he can't do it all himself. Now the club has gone full-time he needs a bit of help."
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