Roy Coyle

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Roy Coyle
Personal information
Full name	Robert Irvine Coyle
Date of birth	(1946-01-31) 31 January 1946
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	East Belfast
	Ballyclare Comrades
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1966–1969	Ballymena United
1969-1972	Glentoran
1972-1974	Sheffield Wednesday
1974-1975	Grimsby Town
1975-1980	Linfield
National team
1973	Northern Ireland	5	(0)
Teams managed
1975-1990	Linfield
1990-1991	Ards
1991-1993	Derry City
1993-1997	Ards
1997-2006	Glentoran
2006-2007	Newry City
2012	Glentoran (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Roy Coyle (born Robert Coyle, Belfast, 31 January 1946) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and the most successful manager in the history of the Irish Football League.^[1]

Playing career

Coyle was a "teak tough" wing-half with Ballymena United F.C., Glentoran F.C., Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and Grimsby Town F.C.. He won two Irish League titles and played in Europe six times while with Glentoran before winning five Northern Ireland international caps while playing for Sheffield Wednesday in England.^[2]

Management career

Linfield

Roy Coyle became player-manager of Linfield in 1975. In his first couple of years at the club, Coyle got Linfield into the Irish Cup final but lost to Carrick Rangers F.C. A year laterthey lost in the Irish Cup final again, but this time to Coleraine F.C. the following year. The Linfield board decided to give Coyle another chance and that decision proved to be one of the best decisions ever made in Irish League football. Roy Coyle won 31 trophies with Linfield and left the club in 1990 after his contract was terminated.

Derry City

Coyle was appointed manager of Derry City in 1991. The season before, he was manager of County Down club Ards but resigned. Coyle only stayed for 2 years and winning the League of Ireland Cup. In 1993, Coyle left and returned to Ards F.C.

Ards F.C.

Coyle return to the County Down side in 1993 and won 2 trophies. The County Antrim Shield and the Irish League Cup. Coyle stayed at the club for 4 years then decided to become manager of Glentoran F.C.

Glentoran

Roy Coyle shocked the Irish League by becoming the new manager of Glentoran after the sacking of Tommy Cassidy. Even though Coyle played for Glentoran, it took some of the fans a while to get used to him after managing their bitter rivals Linfield. Coyle brought that success he had with Linfield and became Glentoran's most successful manager ever by winning 16 trophies with Glentoran. In 2006, after winning the league, Glentoran started to have a string of poor results. The fans started to turn against Coyle and the players. Then an away match to Armagh City F.C. saw Glentoran crashing to a 5-2 defeat at Holm Park. At the final whistle, Glentoran fans booed the players and as Coyle walked by, the fans shouted "Coyle Out!" (In a strange twist, this also happened to former Northern Ireland Captain Alan McDonald who won the league with Glentoran in 2009, but the next season, saw Glentoran crash to a 6-0 home defeat to Coleraine F.C. and a 2-0 away defeat to Dungannon Swifts F.C. and the fans yelling "Out! Out! Out!") Coyle resigned that evening. He was replaced by Newry City manager Paul Millar. Millar led Glentoran to the top of the league till Christmas and then Millar started going through what Coyle went through. Millar was sacked at the end of the season.

Newry City

Coyle swapped clubs with Paul Millar who went to be Glentoran's new manager. Coyle only stayed for a couple of months and decided to retire. A year later Coyle was linked to a move to Glenavon F.C. but the job went to former Cliftonville & Coleraine manager Marty Quinn.

Return to Glentoran

Coyle returned to Glentoran as director of football along with Scott Young being the new manager for the East Belfast club. Coyle took charge during Glentoran's Europa League qualifications while Young was doing his badges. On 14 January 2012, Young resigned from the club, and Coyle was put in charge for Glentoran's game away to Ballymena United which the Glens defeated 3-0 in Coyle's first game back. Coyle also agreed to be caretaker manager at the club until they got a new manager. Coyle was in charge until 22 February when former Cliftonville manager Eddie Patterson was appointed new Glentoran manager. Coyle returned as Director of Football.

Managerial Honours

Coyle is the most successful manager in Irish League history and has won 50 trophies in a success-filled career, mostly with Linfield and Glentoran

Linfield (November 1975 - April 1990) 31 Trophies
- Irish League (10) 77/78, 78/79, 79/80, 81/82, 82/83, 83/84, 84/85, 85/86, 86/87, 88/89
- Irish Cup (3) 77/78, 79/80, 81/82
- Gold Cup (7) 78/79, 81/82, 83/84, 84/85, 87/88, 88/89, 89/89, 89/90
- Ulster Cup (4) 77/78, 78/79, 79/80, 84/85
- County Antrim Shield (5) 76/77, 80/81, 81/82, 82/83, 83/84
- Irish League Cup (1) 86/87
- Tyler All-Ireland Cup (1) 80/81
Ards (October 1990 - June 1991)
Derry City (June 1991 - September 1993) 1 Trophy
- League of Ireland Cup (1) 91/92
Ards (October 1993 - November 1997) 2 Trophies
- County Antrim Shield (1) 93/94
- Irish League Cup (1) 94/95
Glentoran (November 1997 - February 2006) 16 Trophies
- Irish League (3) 98/99, 02/03, 04/05
- Irish Cup (4) 97/98, 99/00, 00/01, 03/04
- Gold Cup (2) 99/00, 00/01
- County Antrim Shield (4) 98/99, 99/00, 01/02, 02/03
- Irish League Cup (3) 00/01, 02/03, 04/05
Newry City (February 2006 - January 2007)

References

↑ http://irishleaguegreats.blogspot.com/2007/12/irish-leagues-most-successful-managers.html
↑ Roy Coyle at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Roy Coyle on NIFG

Preceded by Paul Millar	Newry City F.C. manager 2006-2007	Succeeded by Gerry Flynn

Linfield F.C. – managers

Team Committee (19xx–xx)
Hyde (19xx–xx)
Sloan (19xx–xx)
Brolly (1940–43)
Challinor (19xx–xx)
Hutton (19xx–xx)
Craig (19xx–xx)
Mackenzie (19xx–xx)
McCleery (19xx–57)
Milburn (1957–60)
McDowell (1960–62)
Dickson (19xx–xx)
Leishman (1965–67)
Fenton (1967–70)
Bingham (1970–71)
Hill (1971–72)
Hatton (1972–73)
Sinclair (1973–74)
Campbell (1974–75)
Coyle (1975–90)
Bowyer (1990–92)
Anderson (1992–97)
Jeffrey (1997–)

Derry City F.C. – managers

McCleery (1929–32)
Gillespie (1932–40)
Management Team Committee (1940–42)
Ross (1942–53)
Management Team Committee (1953–58)
Houston (1958–59)
Doherty (1959–61)
Ross (1961–68)
Hill (1968–71)
Wood (1971–72)
Ross (1972)
The "wilderness years" (1972–85)
Crossan (1985)
King (1985–87)
McLaughlin (1987–91)
Coyle (1991–93)
O'Doherty (1993–94)
Healy (1994–98)
Mahon (1998–2003)
Keely (2003)
Dykes (2003–04)
Hutton (2004)
Kenny (2004–06)
Fenlon (2006–07)
Hutton (2007)
Robertson (2007)
Kenny (2007–2011)
Devine (2011–2013)
Collins (2013–)

Glentoran F.C. – managers

McStay (1932–34)
Reid (1934–35)
Jennings (1936–38)
Page (1939–40)
Thompson (1945–47)
Grice (1948–55)
McIntosh (1955–57)
Chisholm (1958)
Neilson (1958–59)
Briggs (1959–60)
Kane (1960–61)
H. Walker (1961–62)
McDowell (1962–64)
Neil (1964–66)
Colrain (1966–68)
A. Young (1968)
McParland (1968–71)
Dowd (1971–72)
McCrae (1972)
Eastham (1972–74)
McGregor (1974–77)
Stewart (1977–79)
McFall (1979–84)
Johnston (1985–87)
Jackson (1987–93)
Strain (1993–94)
Cassidy (1994–97)
Coyle (1997–2006)
Millar (2006–07)
R. Walker (2007)
McDonald (2007–10)
S. Young (2010–12)
Patterson (2012–)

Persondata
Name	Coyle, Roy
Alternative names
Short description	Northern Irish footballer and manager
Date of birth	31 January 1946
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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