Alan Mathews

For those of a similar name, see Alan Matthews (disambiguation).

Alan Mathews
Personal information
Full name	Alan Mathews
Date of birth	(1965-06-27) 27 June 1965^[1]
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Club information
Current team	Longford Town (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984	St. Patrick's Athletic	?	(?)
1984	Drogheda United	?	(?)
1985–1987	Shamrock Rovers	43	(4)
1987–1988	Bray Wanderers	45	(0)
1988–1991	Galway United	128	(5)
1991–1992	Kilkenny City	1	(0)
1992–1995	Longford Town	88	(4)
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
2015–2016	Athlone Town
2016-	Longford Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alan Mathews (born 27 June 1965) is an Irish football manager who is currently manager of Longford Town.

Coaching career

Following a stint as assistant at Shelbourne, Alan Mathews became Longford manager in the summer of 2002. He went on to become 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, Mathews resigned as Shelbourne manager with the club bottom of Airtricity League with just one win from thirteen games.^[8]

On 10 January 2014 he was appointed manager of Bray Wanderers with Barry O'Connor as his assistant.^[9] He left his role on April 2015 citing off-the-field issues at Bray concerning the non-payment of wages to players and coaching staff.

On 15 May 2015 Mathews was appointed as manager of Athlone Town FC.^[10] He resigned as their manager on the 17th of June 2016.^[11] Once again off-the-field club financial struggles prompted his departure.

After two months out of the game, Mathews returned to the helm at Longford Town on 19 August 2016 following the resignation of Tony Cousins. Despite having more than two months remaining in the season, Mathews was unable to steer Longford clear of relegation with the midland's side dropping to the First Division for the 2017 season.

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.
↑ Alan Mathews Appointed 1st Team Manager www.athlonetownfc.ie, May 15th 2015
↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/alan-mathews-resigns-as-athlone-town-manager-1.2688145

Longford Town F.C. – managers

Keely (1992–1993) Kenny (1998–2001) Mathews (2002–2007) Callaghan (2008) Gough (2009) Cronin (2009) Cousins (2009–)

Cork City F.C. – managers

Tambling (1984) Allen (1984–85) O'Mahony (1986) O'Keefe (1987–88) O'Mahony (1988–92) Richardson (1992–93) O'Mahony (1993–94) Hindmarch (1994–95) Barry (1995–2000) Murphy (2000) Mountfield (2000) Murphy (2000–03) Dolan (2003–04) Richardson (2005–07) Mathews (2008) Doolin (2009) Collins (2010) Dunne (2010–13) Caulfield (2014–)

Drogheda United F.C. – managers

Farrell (1963–1964)
Lynch (1964–1965)
Girvan (1965–1966)
Dunne (1966–1967)
Fitzsimons & Dunne (1967–1969)
Dunne (1969)
Meagan (1969–1973)
Cowan (1973–1975)
McAlinden (1975–1978)
Roche (1978–1979)
Noonan (1979–1980)
Treacy (1980–1982)
Macken (1982–1985)
Reilly (1985–1986)
Mick Lawlor (1986)
Maher (1987)
Brady (1987–1988)
Braddish (1988–1989)
Braddish & Brien (1989–1990)
Brien (1990–1992)
Devlin (1992–1993)
McLaughlin (1993–1996)
Whelan (1996–1997)
Martin Lawlor (1997–1999)
May (1999–2000)
McCue (2000–2003)
Doolin (2003–2008)
Mathews (2009–2010)
Kierans (2010)
Lumsden (2010)
Donnelly (2010)
Browne (2010–2011)
Cooke (2011–2013)
Horgan (2014)
Kierans (2014)
Richardson (2014)
McDonnell (2014–)

Shelbourne F.C. – managers

Feenan (1942–46)
Hanson (a.i.) (1946)
Turner (1946–49)
Tapkin (1949–50)
Thomas (1950–53)
Jack (1953–55)
Gannon (1955–57)
Doyle (1957–65)
Martin (1965)
Alvarito (a.i.) (1965)
McKenzie (1965–67)
Doyle (1967–75)
Carroll (1975–76)
Rowe (1976–78)
Dalton (1978–79)
Barber (1979–80)
Dunne (1980–81)
Strahan (1981)
O'Neill (1981)
Tuohy (1981–82)
J. Byrne (1982–85)
Mulligan (1985–86)
J. Byrne (1986–88)
P. Byrne (1988–93)
Hand (1993–94)
Gregg (1994)
Murphy (1994–95)
Richardson (1995–98)
Keely (1998–2002)
Fenlon (2002–06)
Keely (2007–10)
Mathews (2010–13)
Doherty (a.i.) (2013)
McDonnell (2013–14)
Doherty (2014–)

Bray Wanderers A.F.C. – managers

Devlin (1986–1990) Holmes (1990–1995) Devlin (1995–2006) McGuirk (2006) Gormley (2006–2010) Devlin (2010–2011) Long (2011–2012) Devlin (2012–2013) Mathews (2014–2015) Tarnogrodzki (2015) Croly (2015–)

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