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Alan Mathews (born 27 June 1965) is an Irish football manager of Athlone Town. ==Career== He became the most successful manager in Longford Town's history, delivering their first senior trophy with a 2–0 win over St. Patrick's in the 2003 FAI Cup Final at Lansdowne Road. Longford retained it the following year, completing the double of the FAI Cup and League Cup. He was named Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland "Personality of the Year" in 2003.〔(Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland Site – SWAI Personality of the Year – List )〕 Mathews left Longford Town in 2007, and replaced Damien Richardson as Cork City manager〔(Irish Independent – ''Who are the owners of Cork City?'' – Friday 15 August 2008 )〕 on 10 January 2008. In his only season, the club won the Setanta Sports Cup for the first time, despite entering examinership through the courts and losing several key players. Nevertheless, on 9 December 2008, the club announced that Mathews would no longer remain as manager, citing financial constraints as the primary reason for his leaving.〔(Cork City FC club statement ) – CorkCityFC.ie, 9 December 2008.〕 After surviving examinership themselves, Drogheda United unveiled Mathews as their new manager for the 2009 Premier Division season.〔(Mathews unveiled as new Drogheda boss ) www.rte.ie〕 He guided Drogheda United to Premier Division safety in his first season but following a poor start to Drogheda's 2010 season Mathews resigned as their manager on 17 May 2010.〔(Important message from the board of DUFC ) www.droghedaunited.ie〕 Mathews made a swift return to the game on 12 July 2010 when he was announced as the new manager of his former club Shelbourne.〔(Alan Mathews announced as manager ) www.shelbournefc.com〕 In the 2011 season he gained promotion with Shels and reached the 2011 FAI Cup Final. On 16 May 2013, Mathews resigned as Shelbourne manager with the club bottom of Airtricity League with just one win from thirteen games. On 10 January 2014 he was appointed manager of Bray Wanderers with Barry O'Connor as his assistant. On 15 May 2015 Mathews was appointed as manager of Athlone Town FC.〔(Alan Mathews Appointed 1st Team Manager ) www.athlonetownfc.ie, May 15th 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Mathews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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