Eamon Dolan

And funny is the sort of the common thread was Brian McDermott is sort of Irish heritage.

And we, our Academy director was a former West Ham, a next city player called Eamon Dolan.

Eamon Dolan's brother managed Cork city and, And that's where the Kevin Doyle connection came from and subsequently Stephen Hunt and all the rest of it.

And Brian McDermott was our chief scout and was very much part of the top team.

After Steve Cockle resigned the following season, we had a sort of short-lived disastrous spell by an up-and-coming coach called Fenton Rogers, who... dismally at reading it was you know lasted a couple of months was handed out i don't know what happened to him um oh