Alan Mathews
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Mathews | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1965[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1984 | St. Patrick's Athletic | ? | (?) |
| 1984 | Drogheda United | ? | (?) |
| 1985–1987 | Shamrock Rovers | 3 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | Bray Wanderers | 25 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | Galway United | 68 | (5) |
| 1991–1992 | Kilkenny City | 1 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Longford Town | 28 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | St James's Gate | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2007 | Longford Town | ||
| 2008 | Cork City | ||
| 2009–2010 | Drogheda United | ||
| 2010–2013 | Shelbourne | ||
| 2014–2015 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Alan Mathews (born 27 June 1965) is an Irish football manager of Bray Wanderers and former player.
Career
He became the most successful manager in Longford Town's history, delivering their first senior trophy with a 2–0 win over St. Patrick's in the 2003 FAI Cup Final at Lansdowne Road. Longford retained it the following year, completing the double of the FAI Cup and League Cup. He was named Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland "Personality of the Year" in 2003.[2]
Mathews left Longford Town in 2007, and replaced Damien Richardson as Cork City manager[3] on 10 January 2008. In his only season, the club won the Setanta Sports Cup for the first time, despite entering examinership through the courts and losing several key players. Nevertheless, on 9 December 2008, the club announced that Mathews would no longer remain as manager, citing financial constraints as the primary reason for his leaving.[4]
After surviving examinership themselves, Drogheda United unveiled Mathews as their new manager for the 2009 Premier Division season.[5] He guided Drogheda United to Premier Division safety in his first season but following a poor start to Drogheda's 2010 season Mathews resigned as their manager on 17 May 2010.[6]
Mathews made a swift return to the game on 12 July 2010 when he was announced as the new manager of his former club Shelbourne.[7] In the 2011 season he gained promotion with Shels and reached the 2011 FAI Cup Final. On 16 May 2013, Matthews resigned as Shelbourne manager with the club bottom of Airtricity League with just one win from thirteen games.[8] In November of that year, he came out of hiding to save a family of four from a burning car.
On 10 January 2014 he was appointed manager of Bray Wanderers with Barry O'Connor as his assistant.[9]
Honours
Player
- Shamrock Rovers Young Player of the Year (1): 1986–87
Manager
- Longford Town
- FAI Cup (2): 2003, 2004
- League of Ireland Cup (1): 2004
- SWAI Personality of the Year (1): 2003
- Cork City
- Setanta Sports Cup (1): 2008
- Munster Senior Cup (1): 2007–08
- Shelbourne
- Leinster Senior Cup (1): 2010
References
- ↑ Eircom League of Ireland official site – Alan Mathews profiles
- ↑ Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland Site – SWAI Personality of the Year – List
- ↑ Irish Independent – Who are the owners of Cork City? – Friday 15 August 2008
- ↑ Cork City FC club statement – CorkCityFC.ie, 9 December 2008.
- ↑ Mathews unveiled as new Drogheda boss www.rte.ie
- ↑ Important message from the board of DUFC www.droghedaunited.ie
- ↑ Alan Mathews announced as manager www.shelbournefc.com
- ↑ "Shelbourne manager Mathews quits post". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ↑ "Alan Mathews appointed as the new manager of Bray Wanderers". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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