Pat Scully
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Joseph Scully | ||
Date of birth | 23 June 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1991 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1991 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
1989 | → Preston North End (loan) | 13 | (0) |
1990 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 15 | (0) |
1991–1994 | Southend United | 114 | (1) |
1994–1996 | Huddersfield Town | 74 | (2) |
1996–2001 | Shelbourne | 148 | (26) |
2001–2002 | Shamrock Rovers | 41 | (2) |
2003 | Drogheda United | 23 | (0) |
Total | 148 | (31) | |
International career | |||
1988 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
1990–1992 | Republic of Ireland U23 | 1 | (0) |
1990 |
Republic of Ireland B | 2 | (0) |
1989–1991 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 9 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2005 |
Kilkenny City | ||
2006–2008 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
2009–2012 | Limerick | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Scully (born 23 June 1970) is an Irish football manager and former player.
An accomplished central defender during his playing days, Scully started his career in England, gaining one international cap, two B caps, one U23 cap and nine U21 caps for the Republic of Ireland during this spell before returning to Ireland.
Playing career
Scully was born in
Scully was a regular at Southend for three years playing for a time with
In 1996 he moved back to Ireland to join Shelbourne. Under his captaincy, as well as his defensive abilities, Scully was a constant threat from set pieces and would often score crucial goals for Shelbourne.
Scoring 11 league goals the following season he was the Player of the Month in September 1997 and ended the season as the
He signed for
He was then placed on the transfer list after a difference of opinion with manager Liam Buckley. His last game was in Longford on 23 November.
He made two appearances in European competition for the Hoops.
After two goals in 55 total appearances Scully moved to Drogheda United. He made his debut against Rovers on 11 April 2003 and played for one season before retiring.
He was
His brother Mick also played in the League of Ireland [4]
Managerial career
He was eager to stay in the game, however, and was offered a chance by
Although the season did not begin well for Scully and Kilkenny, the side performed excellently during the second half of the season, eventually just missing out on a place in the promotion play-off.
Scully's performance as manager of Kilkenny attracted the interest of Shamrock Rovers, who had undergone massive internal restructuring since Scully's playing days. Gone were the old board of directors, to be replaced by the 400 Club, a supporter's consortium who had saved the club from going under.
The 400 Club sacked Rovers manager Roddy Collins at the end of the 2005 season, which ended with the club being relegated for the first time in their history. Shortly after sacking Collins, Rovers approached Scully and asked him to take over the club.
Scully was installed as Rovers manager and immediately began reshaping the playing squad. He brought several players with him from Kilkenny, with many others signing from Kildare County and other First Division clubs.
The new-look Shamrock Rovers began their first ever season in the First Division with a late 2–1 win over Dundalk, and from there never looked back. The club eventually won the First Division title on the last day of the season, with a 1–1 away draw to Cobh Ramblers.
Scully earned himself a reputation as the best up-and-coming manager in Ireland by winning the First Division Trophy at his first attempt. Rovers finished the 2007 season in 5th position. Unfortunately the young team faded badly in the final stretch and European football was missed out on but despite this it was a good overall season with many positives.
His contract with Shamrock Rovers was terminated by mutual consent on 14 October 2008.[6] The clubtext quoted "Shamrock Rovers and Pat Scully have mutually agreed to part company with immediate effect. The club is thankful to Pat for what he achieved and wish him well."
On 25 March 2009, League of Ireland first division side Limerick F.C. announced that Scully was to take over the vacant managerial role on Shannonside.[7] Scully said: "Having met the board, I was very impressed with their plans for the future of Limerick FC and I look forward to playing my part as manager in the future success of the club."
In September 2011 his contract was extended by two years.[8] In October 2012, Scully won his second League of Ireland First Division title.[9]
In November 2012, Scully was sacked by Limerick.[10][11][12]
Controversy
His spell in charge of Rovers was not without its controversies, however. Scully is a ruthless professional who expects his players to follow his model, both on and off the pitch. Fallings out with some Rovers players led to a cull of the squad mid-way through the 2006 season.
The biggest controversy of his short managerial career arose out of a television interview, however. While appearing as an analyst on
The 2008 season also saw several problems. In the month of June manager and player relations were at a low. Scully is rumoured to have clashed with
His relationship with other squad members was also questioned following disputes with Dessie Baker and Barry Ferguson during the same period.
Honours
Club
- Arsenal
- Shelbourne
- 1999–2000
- FAI Cup (1): 2000
Individual
- 1997–98
Manager
- Shamrock Rovers
- 2006
- Limerick
- 2012
References
- ^ "Remember Any Of Our Irish Football One-Cap Wonders XI?". balls.ie. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- PFAI#PFAI Player of the Year Winners
- ^ "Untitled Document". www.shamrockrovers.ie. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003.
- ^ "Scully brothers centre- halves of attention".
- ^ "Scully secures Kilkenny post". RTÉ Sport. 13 January 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^ "Shamrock Rovers F.C. -". Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- ^ http://www.limerickfc.ie/home/news/history/2009/090324manager.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pat Scully stays on for two more years". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Limerick FC clinch league title". Limerick Leader. 6 October 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Lims bide time to replace sacked Scully". Irish Examiner. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ "Limerick FC sack manager Pat Scully". Limerick Leader. 15 November 2012.
- ^ "Limerick in boss hunt after Scully axe". Irish Independent. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ "Shamrock Rovers FC Press Release 30-10-06". shamrockrovers.ie. Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2008.