Alan Reynolds (footballer)

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Alan Reynolds
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-06-12) 12 June 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Waterford, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bohemians (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–2001 Waterford United 193 (6)
2001–2002 Longford Town 27 (1)
2002–2003 Cork City 23 (0)
2003 Shamrock Rovers 23 (0)
2004–2005 Waterford United 35 (0)
2005–2006 Shelbourne 11 (0)
2006–2007 Waterford United 17 (0)
2007 Shamrock Rovers 7 (0)
Total336(7)
Managerial career
2004 Waterford United
2008 Derry City (Assistant manager)
2014–2015 St Patrick's Athletic (Assistant manager)
2016 Cork City (Assistant manager)
2017–2020 Waterford
2020 Dundalk (Assistant manager)
2021–2024 Republic of Ireland U21 (Assistant manager)
2021 Shelbourne (Assistant manager)
2022–2023 Derry City (Assistant manager)
2023–2024 Waterford (Assistant manager)
2024– Bohemians
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 April 2021

Alan Reynolds (born 12 June 1974) is an Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Bohemians in the League of Ireland Premier Division. [1] He has also previously worked as a Football In Community Development Officer for the Football Association of Ireland. [2]

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Playing career

Waterford United

He made his League of Ireland debut on 1 December 1991 for his hometown club Waterford United under the stewardship of Alfie Hale. His first goal for the Blues came on 21 November 1993.

Longford Town

After ten seasons he transferred to Longford Town for one season.

Cork City

He then signed for Cork City where he again spent only one season.

Shamrock Rovers

Reynolds then joined Shamrock Rovers. He made his debut on 11 April 2003 against Drogheda United [3] In his first season in the Hoops he played in four European games, including the famous UEFA Intertoto Cup win in Poland over Odra Wodzisław.

Player/Manager at Waterford

In March 2004 he was appointed player-manager at Waterford United with Paul McGrath as Director of Football. The Blues reached the FAI Cup Final in his first season before disastrously losing the game in the last five minutes.

Shelbourne

He resigned in March 2005 before joining Shelbourne making his debut in August and winning the League that season.

Rejoining Waterford

In July 2006 he rejoined Waterford United. He left the club exactly one year later in July 2007.

Rovers return

He made his second debut for Rovers on 6 July 2007 at Longford. [4] In total he made a combined total of 40 appearances without scoring in his two spells at Rovers.

Management/Coaching Career

Derry City

On 10 January 2008, Reynolds was appointed Assistant Head Coach at Derry City. [5]

St Patrick's Athletic

In 2014 Reynolds Joined Liam Buckley's coaching staff at St Patrick's Athletic. His spell with the club seen them win the FAI Cup in 2014 with a 2–0 win over Derry City and the EA Sports Cup in 2015 with a win over Galway United on penalties.

Cork City (Coach)

On 30 January 2016, Reynolds was appointed Assistant First Team Coach of Cork City. He spent one season at Turners Cross before leaving for his native Waterford. He helped the rebels in a win over Dundalk at the FAI Cup with a 1–0; he had just place after the same team in the Premier Division.

Return to Waterford

Again, Reynolds was appointed as Waterford manager on 2 January 2017, working alongside Director of Football Pat Fenlon. He was given the allowance to sign some top League of Ireland players such as Kenny Browne, Paul Keegan and Mark O'Sullivan to name a few. The side achieved promotion at first opportunity, Waterfords 3–0 win over Wexford coupled with nearest challengers Cobh Ramblers 3–0 defeat to Cabinteely secured the First Division title with two games to spare and for the first time in ten years his hometown side were in the League of Ireland Premier Division due to his guidance. [6]

In the 2018 season, Reynolds guided Waterford to fourth position in the League of Ireland Premier Division. [7]

Dundalk assistant

In late June 2020, Reynolds was named assistant manager at Dundalk after Waterford laid off their entire squad through E-Mail during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Republic of Ireland U21 assistant

In July 2021 Reynolds was named as assistant manager of the Reoublic of Ireland U21 team under manager Jim Crawford. [8] On 5 August 2024, Reynolds departed his post as assistant manager, following criticism from Bohemians fans that he was not fully committed to his post as Bohs manager. [9] [10]

Shelbourne assistant

Reynolds was appointed assistant with Shelbourne ahead of the 2021 League of Ireland First Division season, while also remaining Republic of Ireland U21 assistant. [11] After helping guide Shels to promotion by winning the 2021 League of Ireland First Division, Reynolds left the club when manager Ian Morris was sacked at the end of the season.

Derry City assistant

Reynolds was named as assistant manager of Derry City in December 2021, working under manager Ruaidhrí Higgins, combining the role with his Republic of Ireland U21 role. [12] [13] In October 2022, he turned down an offer to become manager of Bohemians. [14]

Waterford

In April 2023, it was announced that Reynolds had left Derry to return home to Waterford, where he would become assistant to new Waterford manager Keith Long. [15]

Bohemians

Reynolds was appointed manager of Bohemians in March 2024. [16] He drew criticism from Bohs fans following a 2–1 defeat at home to Derry City on 13 June 2024, for missing the preparation for the game by spending a week in Croatia with the Republic of Ireland U21 side as part of his role as assistant manager, when it emerged that he was remaining on in that role alongside his club commitments. [17] He then stepped down from his Ireland U21 assistant manager role on 5 August 2024. [18]

Honours

Player

Waterford United
Shelbourne

Manager/Coach

St Patrick's Athletic
Cork City
Waterford
Shelbourne
Derry City

Footnotes and references

Footnotes:

  1. ↑ "Alan Reynolds appointed U-21 assistant manager". Football Association of Ireland. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Football Association of Ireland". Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  3. ↑ [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Shamrock Rovers F.C. -". Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Reynolds appointed", CityWeb, 10 January 2008. Retrieved on 10 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Waterford FC Crowned First Division Champions". Waterford FC. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Blake, Ben (25 April 2019). "St Pat's awarded Europa League spot alongside Cork and Shamrock Rovers as Waterford miss out". The42. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Alan Reynolds appointed U-21 assistant manager | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  9. ↑ "Jim Crawford pays tribute as Alan Reynolds leaves U21s role".
  10. ↑ "'There will be changes, players will go' – Alan Reynolds ready for Bohemians reboot amid fan anger". Irish Independent. 14 June 2024.
  11. ↑ O'Hehir, Paul (30 November 2020). "Alan Reynolds appointed assistant manager at Shelbourne". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Derry City make Ireland U-21 coach Alan Reynolds their assistant manager in statement of intent for next season". independent. 2 December 2021.
  13. ↑ Dollery, Paul (2 December 2021). "Ireland U21 assistant boss Alan Reynolds appointed to Derry City role". The42.
  14. ↑ "Alan Reynolds turns down Bohemians job as Richard Dunne also out of running for Dalymount hotseat". independent. 5 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Waterford FC". 3 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "Bohemian FC appoint Alan Reynolds as men's first-team manager | Bohemian FC". bohemianfc.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "'There will be changes, players will go' – Alan Reynolds ready for Bohemians reboot amid fan anger". Irish Independent. 14 June 2024.
  18. ↑ "Jim Crawford pays tribute as Alan Reynolds leaves U21s role".

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