Managers 'Hall of Fame' for Football Manager

**Thirsty Hoop** · 09/09/2004, 3:52 PM

Jim McLaughlin is the most successful manager in Irish football history, you have to include him!!! Between 1984 and 1989 he won 4 league titles and 3 FAI cup's!!
From a Rovers point of view, you left out John Giles (born 06.11.1940 - I checked that with google. Honestly, I didn't know it off by heart!) who won one FAI Cup (1977) but no leagues in his reign as manager of Shamrock Rovers from 1977 - 1983.
You also left out Ray Tracey (even google doesn't know when he was born), who won one league title with Rovers in 1994. He managed Rovers from 1991 - 1996.
Aside from that, you've got everyone from the 1950s onwards. We won major trophies under Coad, Thomas, Tuohy, Giles, McLaughlin, Keely and Tracey. Prior to that, Jimmy Dunne won us (I think) two FAI Cup's in the 40s. I don't know if anyone even knows who the managers were before that!
Seriously though, stick in McLaughlin. All his trophies were won in the Republic and he is widely acknowledged as the best LoI manager ever.

**Slash/ED** · 09/09/2004, 5:30 PM

Lads I would say it's simply a case of the Northern Ireland researcher will be the one to include Jim McLaughlin, they surley can't not include him.

**FootballManager** · 09/09/2004, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by dancinpants

Are you being ****ing serious!!!!

Yep I am.

But don't panic... the lad from up North how is working on the N.Irish league will have all the details of these guys OK? No one will be left out, and all their League of Ireland records will be stored.

Cheers,

Darren.

**Breifne** · 10/09/2004, 10:22 AM

Roddy Collins - Dublin City
Premier Division & FAI Cup Double 2005!!!

One can live in hope can't we

**Dick Long** · 10/09/2004, 11:08 AM

Keely won the Cup as Rovers manager in 87 (double) so that should read 1 1, no?

Pat Byrne won a League 92 and a Cup 93 with Shels - 1 1

If you're only counting Premier titles and FAI Cup wins,
the trophies below would be the only ones the following would have:

Theo Dunne was UCD's manager for their Cup win in 84
Tommy Jackson managed Waterford to the Cup in 80
Pat Devlin has won 2 Cups with Bray 90+99