NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dermot Keely

Dermot Keely, (born March 8, 1954 in Dublin) is the current manager of Irish football team Shelbourne FC. is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... Shelbourne FC is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...

The Keely name has been synonymous with League of Ireland football with his late father Peter playing for Shelbourne, his brother Joe played on the same Home Farm F.C. FAI Cup winning side of 1975 as Dermot and his son Alan currently playing for Waterford United. Peter Keely was an Irish footballer who played with Shelbourne and Glentoran. ... Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. ... The FAI Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland. ... Waterford United is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...

As a player he started with Home Farm F.C. and after a spell at St. Patrick's Athletic he moved to Dundalk F.C. 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. Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. ... St Patricks Athletic F.C. is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ... Dundalk Football Club (Irish: ) is an Irish football club based Dundalk, County Louth. ... Shamrock Rovers FC is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ... The FAI Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland. ...

Keely then signed for Glentoran F.C. in the Irish League where in his two seasons there he won the Irish Cup, a Gold Cup and an Ulster Cup. Glentoran F.C. . a Northern Irish football club, playing in Belfast. ... The Irish Football League (IFL), or Irish League, is a league of football (soccer) clubs in Northern Ireland. ... The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. ... The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main national soccer competition of the CONCACAF nations. ...

His first managerial job was as UCD player-manager. However after only 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. UCD can refer to: University College Dublin or their association football club University College Dublin FC Democratic Center Union University of California, Davis User-centered design The Universal Child Database, a government database in the United Kingdom. ... Athlone Town FC is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ... Harolds Cross (Crois Araild in Irish) is a suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. ... Derry City can refer to: the Northern Ireland city of Derry/Londonderry and its local authority Derry City Council Derry City FC, an association football club playing in Northern Ireland. ...

Unfortunately the 1986/87 season was tragic for Rovers with the disgraceful decision to sell Glenmalure Park announced near the end of season. Despite this Rovers won yet another double in their final season at Milltown to bring Keely's Rovers haul to 4 League championships and 3 FAI Cups. In fact the 4th League win in a row was achieved on Keely's 33rd birthday. Glenmalure Park often simply known as Milltown, was the home to Irelands most successful football club, Shamrock Rovers. ... Milltown is the name of several locations: In the United States of America: Milltown, Indiana Milltown, New Jersey Milltown, South Dakota Milltown, Wisconsin Milltown (town), Wisconsin In Ireland: Milltown, County Kerry Milltown, Dublin, a station on the LUAS light rail system, just after the Milltown Viaduct. ...

The 1987/88 season started with Rovers very 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 in The Hoops (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6): Tolka Park is located in the Dublin City, in the suburb of Drumcondra. ...

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.

He then took over as manager of Sligo Rovers in 1989 and achieved promotion in his first season. He guided them to their highest Premier Division place in a decade in the 1990/91 season by finishing 5th. Sligo Rovers F.C. is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...

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. Longford (An Longfort in Irish) is the county town of County Longford in the Midlands of Ireland. ... Finn Harps FC is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ... Athlone Town FC is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ... Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. ... The League of Ireland First Division Shield is a now defunct Irish football competition which was run by the Football Association of Ireland. ...

During his time as manager of Shelbourne, from 1998-2002, he won two championships (1999-2000 and 2001-02) and one FAI Cup (2000). 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. The FAI Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland. ... FK Sloga Jugomagnat is a Macedonian football club, playing in the capital, Skopje. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... Location of the city of Skopje (green) in the Republic of Macedonia Government - Mayor Trifun Kostovski Area - City 701. ... The Union EuropÃ©enne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...

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 [1] Kildare County F.C. is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ... Derry City can refer to: the Northern Ireland city of Derry/Londonderry and its local authority Derry City Council Derry City FC, an association football club playing in Northern Ireland. ...

After a spell out of the game he then took over at doomed club Dublin City [2]He has just taken over the management position at Shelbourne FC who are in the first division this year. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Dermot 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. The Irish Sun is a tabloid newspaper sold in Ireland with a special edition for Northern Ireland. ...

His hobbies include watersports with his young Shelbourne squad and Luke O'Riordan, the brother of Irish Sun journalist, Neil.Image:Http://www.shelshomepage.net/images/smallpicsandhtml/keely.jpg

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