Éanna
29/01/2003, 3:22 PM
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Former Cork City manager Damien Richardson and current Cobh Ramblers boss Dave Hill have emerged as the front-runners for the manager’s position at Cork, which was vacated by the resignation of Liam Murphy on Sunday.
Richardson has been out of management since parting company with Shamrock Rovers in acrimonious circumstances at the end of the 2001/02 season, and claimed at the time that he would not return to the game in the eircom League.
In the meantime, Richardson, who has also managed Gillingham and Shelbourne, has been concentrating on personal interest, while he has also appeared as a late-night pundit on TV3’s coverage of the Champions League.
It is thought that the passing of time has soothed his misgivings about managing in Ireland, and he is regarded as the warm favourite to take the post, which is expected to become a full-time position.
But he might expect a strong challenge from the former Cork and Bohemians player, Dave Hill, who is approaching the end of a successful season in charge of Cobh Ramblers.
Hill has guided Ramblers through the First Division minefield to a place in the end-of-season promotion/relegation play-offs, sealed with a dramatic last-minute Willie Bruton winner against Galway United last weekend.
Cobh, the rank outsiders of the quartet of teams involved in the play-offs, meet Drogheda United at St Colman’s Park on Wednesday night and in the second leg at O2 Park on Saturday and a good performance from County Cork’s second side could push Hill alongside Richardson in the race for the Turners Cross hotseat.
Former Cork City manager Damien Richardson and current Cobh Ramblers boss Dave Hill have emerged as the front-runners for the manager’s position at Cork, which was vacated by the resignation of Liam Murphy on Sunday.
Richardson has been out of management since parting company with Shamrock Rovers in acrimonious circumstances at the end of the 2001/02 season, and claimed at the time that he would not return to the game in the eircom League.
In the meantime, Richardson, who has also managed Gillingham and Shelbourne, has been concentrating on personal interest, while he has also appeared as a late-night pundit on TV3’s coverage of the Champions League.
It is thought that the passing of time has soothed his misgivings about managing in Ireland, and he is regarded as the warm favourite to take the post, which is expected to become a full-time position.
But he might expect a strong challenge from the former Cork and Bohemians player, Dave Hill, who is approaching the end of a successful season in charge of Cobh Ramblers.
Hill has guided Ramblers through the First Division minefield to a place in the end-of-season promotion/relegation play-offs, sealed with a dramatic last-minute Willie Bruton winner against Galway United last weekend.
Cobh, the rank outsiders of the quartet of teams involved in the play-offs, meet Drogheda United at St Colman’s Park on Wednesday night and in the second leg at O2 Park on Saturday and a good performance from County Cork’s second side could push Hill alongside Richardson in the race for the Turners Cross hotseat.