Dermot Keely steps down

Shelbourne FC have announced on Thursday night that with immediate effect Dermot Keely is relinquishing the position of First Team Manager and taking up the position within the Club of Youth and Community Development Officer.

The statement released by the club continues:

An announcement on a replacement for Dermot will be made in due course and in the intervening time Dermot’s assistant, Colm ‘Collie’ O’Neill will assume responsibility for First Team Management.

The Club’s Board of Management wishes to record its sincere thanks to Dermot for managing the Club through extremely difficult times. His drive and enthusiasm ensured that the Club remained in existence when having been relegated from the Premier Division three years ago, it could easily have ceased to exist. Dermot’s commitment to the Club is yet again evident by his willingness to take on the new challenge of Youth and Community Development Officer. The Club hopes to be in a position to announce shortly important developments affecting its under-age section.

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