Former Tottenham and West Ham United star Martin Allen has been named new manager Notts County.
Allen left his role in charge of Barnet, where he has been assisting his former club in their battle against relegation from the Football League on a non-contract basis for the last three weeks, to sign a one-year rolling deal at Meadow Lane.
"Having been at Dagenham it was clear that action had to be taken sooner rather than later," said Magpies chairman Ray Trew. "I would like to thank Carl Heggs for stepping in at an incredibly difficult time and giving his all to the role, but when the opportunity to sign Martin became available we had to act quickly.
"Martin knows what it means to be successful at this level and he has been brought in with both short-term and long-term aims, the most obvious of which is to secure our League One survival this season.
"However, I must reiterate that this is not a short-term fix. I see Martin as the man to make this position his own and to bring some much-needed stability back to the Notts County backroom team."
