- Dermot Keely
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Dermot Keely Personal information Date of birth 8 March 1954 [1] Place of birth Ireland Playing position Manager Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1973–1975 Home Farm 1975–1978 St. Patrick's Athletic 1978–1981 Dundalk 1981–1983 Glentoran 1983 UCD 1983–1987 Shamrock Rovers National team League of Ireland 2 (0) Teams managed 1983 UCD 1986–1988 Shamrock Rovers 1989–1992 Sligo Rovers 1992–1993 Longford Town 1993–1996 Dundalk 1996 Finn Harps 1996 Athlone Town 1996–1998 Home Farm Everton 1998–2002 Shelbourne 2002–2003 Kildare County 2003-2003 Derry City 2005–2006 Dublin City 2007–2010 Shelbourne * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dermot Keely, (born 8 March 1954 in Dublin) is the former manager of Irish football team Shelbourne.
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Family
Keely's family have played League of Ireland football at various levels. His late father Peter Keely played for Shelbourne, his brother Joe played on the same Home Farm FAI Cup winning side of 1775 as Dermot Keely himself. And his son Alan Keely currently plays for Shelbourne.[2]
Player
As a player Keely started with Home Farm and then signed for St. Patrick's Athletic under Barry Bridges who appointed him club captain. In June 1977 he was about to depart for Adelaide on a 2 year contract when the deal fell through.
Moved to Dundalk where he made his debut against Shamrock Rovers in September 1978. In his first season the Co. Louth outfit won the domestic double. In 1981 Keely captained Dundalk to win the FAI Cup. The League Cup was also won this season.
Keely then signed for Glentoran in the Irish League where in his two seasons there he won the Irish Cup, a Gold Cup and an Ulster Cup.
Keely's time with Dundalk and Glentoran saw him play in notable European Cup ties. In 1979, Dundalk reached the second round of the European Cup and were drawn with Celtic. The first leg saw Dundalk produce a notable display to come away with a 3–2 defeat at Parkhead. In the return leg in front of a packed Oriel Park, Dundalk missed a last-minute opportunity to win the tie on away goals and the game finished 0–0. This is regarded as one of the best performances by a League of Ireland club in European competition.
Two years later, Keely played his part in Glentoran's run to the second round of the European Cup. In the first leg against CSKA Sofia, they lost 2–0. However, the return leg saw Glentoran take a 2–0 lead, forcing the game into extra time. With only five minutes remaining, CSKA scored the goal they needed. The tie finished 3–2 on aggregate, which had been the closest Glentoran came to reaching the last eight of European competition since 1974.[3]
Player-manager
Keely's first managerial job was as UCD player-manager.[1] However after just two months at Belfield Jim McLaughlin persuaded Keely to sign for Shamrock Rovers. He made his debut against Athlone Town in November 1983. He scored his first goal for Rovers in a 3–2 defeat to Shelbourne at Harold's Cross on the 11th of December 1983. When McLaughlin left at the end of the 1985/86 season to manage his home club Derry City Dermot was appointed player-manager on the 16th of May.
In the 1986/87 season, Rovers controversially announced the sale of Glenmalure Park near the end of season. However, Rovers won another double in this their final season at Milltown to bring Keely's Rovers haul to 4 League championships and 3 FAI Cups.
The 1987/88 season started with Rovers controversially playing at Tolka Park. Rovers fans boycotted the ground en masse. Every game was picketed and with the crowds practically gone the team invariably suffered. Keely was quoted years later as saying:
“ I didn't realise the depth of feeling about Glenmalure Park and all I wanted to do was win the League for Shamrock Rovers. ” —D Keely , The Hoops (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)
He resigned after the last game of the season on the 8th of April 1988. During his time at Rovers he won one Inter-League cap and represented the club 6 times in European competition.
Manager
He then took over as manager of Sligo Rovers in 1989 and achieved promotion in his first season. He guided Sligo Rovers to their highest Premier Division place in a decade in the 1990/91 season by finishing 5th.
After a brief spell at Longford Town he took over at Dundalk where he won the League Championship in 1995. He then guided Finn Harps to promotion to the Premier Division in 1996. After managing Athlone Town he took over the reins at Home Farm Everton where he won the League of Ireland First Division Shield in 1998.
In the calendar year 1996 Keely managed four clubs: Dundalk, Finn Harps, Athlone Town and Home Farm.
He took over as manager of Shelbourne in July 1998 [4] and won two championships (1999–2000 and 2001–02) and one FAI Cup (2000) in his time at Tolka Park. He also guided Shels to victory over Macedonian side Sloga Jugomagnat in the first round of 2000–01 Champions League qualifiers. Shels 1–0 win in the first leg in Skopje was the first away win for a League of Ireland side in any UEFA competitions for eighteen years.
Keely then became the first manager of new league club Kildare County in 2002. After a credible 5th place finish he then walked out to manage Derry City lasting only 3 months[5]
After a spell out of the game he then took over at Dublin City.[6] He then took over the management position at Shelbourne FC in 2007 and in his first season back finished fifth in the first division. In his second season in charge, Shelbourne lead the division going into the final game, and needed a home win against mid-table Limerick to gain promotion, but were denied by a 92nd-minute equaliser, and so were overhauled by Dundalk, who won away to Kildare County. On 27 May 2010, Keely stepped down as manager of Shelbourne, and is set to become Shelbourne's youth team manager and community development officer.[7]
Keely has also been working as a maths teacher in De La Salle College Churchtown for over 20 years and has a weekly column in the Irish Sun.
Honours
As a player
League of Ireland: 6
- Dundalk 1978/79, 1977/78
- Shamrock Rovers 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87
- FAI Cup: 5
- League of Ireland Cup
- Dundalk 1980/81
Irish Cup
- Glentoran 1983
- Gold Cup
- Glentoran 1982/83
- Ulster Cup
- Glentoran 1982/83
- PFAI Player of the Year:
- Shamrock Rovers – 1983/84
- SWAI Personality of the Year
- Shamrock Rovers – 1984/85
- Player of the Year:
- Shamrock Rovers – 1984/85
As a manager
- League of Ireland: 4
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. 1986/87
- Dundalk F.C. 1994/95
- Shelbourne F.C. 1999/2000, 2001/02
- FAI Cup: 2
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. 1987
- Shelbourne F.C. 2000
- League of Ireland First Division Shield
- Home Farm Everton 1998
- SWAI Personality of the Year
- Shelbourne F.C. – 2000
References
- ^ a b Eircom League of Ireland – Official site – Profile
- ^ http://www.shelbournefc.com/players.php?playerid=498
- ^ [1]
- ^ Irish Times – 1998
- ^ BBC News – Dermot Keely has resigned as Derry City manager
- ^ euFootball.biz – Irish Dublin City is out of business
- ^ "Dermot Keely steps down from Shelbourne job". RTÉ Sport (Raidió Teilifís Éireann). 2010-05-27. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0528/keelyd_shelbourne.html. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
Sources
- The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)
Preceded by
Damien RichardsonShelbourne manager
1998–2002Succeeded by
Pat FenlonPreceded by
-Kildare County Manager
2002–2003Succeeded by
Eric HanniganPreceded by
Pat FenlonShelbourne manager
2007–2010Succeeded by
Alan MathewsSligo Rovers F.C. – managers Shearer (1951–53) · Farrell (1961) · Bridges (1978) · Fielding (1982–86) · Mitchell (1986–88) · Pugh (1988–89) · Keely (1989–92) · McStay (1992–94) · Sanchez (1994–95) · Cotterill (1995–96) · Mullen (1996–97) · Reid (1997–99) · McInally (1999) · Cassidy (1999–2001) · O'Riordan (2001–04) · Connor (2004–06) · McDonald (2006–07) · Cook (2007–-)
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–)
Categories:- 1954 births
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- People from County Dublin
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- Glentoran F.C. players
- University College Dublin A.F.C. managers
- Shelbourne F.C. managers
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
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