FOR all the joyous scenes at the end of Saturday’s win at Huddersfield, the idea of first team management still doesn’t appeal to Julian Darby.

The lifelong Wanderers fan lived out a dream by leading his club to victory at the John Smith’s Stadium, celebrating in front of a packed out away end at the final whistle.

He hopes to sign off with a second win tonight against Northampton Town before passing on to a permanent manager, who is set to be announced before the trip to Reading.

The experience has been a rewarding one thus far but Darby won’t be looking to change his career course.

“I’ve done the coaching side at first team level,” he told The Bolton News. “I did it for 10 years plus and I have seen what management does to people. I think you've got to have a certain mentality, a certain type. It's not for me.

“I probably say things to heart too easily. And I don't think actually living where you're working at helps, really.

“It's all-encompassing, you can't go anywhere because people know you. If you're winning, fantastic, if you're not winning, it can be the other way. It is mad.

“Football is a game where passions are high, people are desperate for their team to win. That's just the way it is.”

Darby admits to wincing at some of the footage which has emerged of him prowling the touchline at Huddersfield and he says the calmer minds of Andy Taylor and Andy Tutte have been invaluable in the dugout.

“Anyone who watches me, I've seen highlights on the video reels of me on the sidelines, and I'm thinking, ‘what am I doing?’ They've got clear heads.

“They're thinking, I'm all over the place. I'm a bit of a lunatic on the sidelines. You're showing your passion and your energy for the team.

“But it's important that they're behind me. They are the ones we're advising. And they've played a major, major part.”

Wanderers made sure every angle of the win at Huddersfield was covered – and Darby admits the attention was a far cry from a Saturday morning at Lostock coaching the Under-18s.

“Yeah, I’m not used to this,” he said. “Sometimes we’re lucky to get a cameraman to take a few pictures or someone to let everyone know what team is going out or what the result is in the end.

“But I understand it all. People are really, really interested, it’s their club and they want to know everything that is going on.

“They want to know what team we’re picking – well, they’ll have to wait and find out, because I’m not giving anything away.

“But I can say we’re going into this game full of optimism, full of confidence. It is important we try and get back-to-back wins again.”