Dermot Drummy (16 January 1961 – 27 November 2017) was an English football coach and professional player. He was the head coach of Crawley Town, a position he took up in April 2016 after serving three years as manager of the Chelsea reserves and two years as the youth team manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 January 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 November 2017 (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1979 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | → Blackpool (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1980–1990 | Hendon | 240 | (38) |
| Wealdstone | |||
| Enfield | |||
| Ware | |||
| 1990 | St Albans City | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 251 | (38) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Ware | ||
| 2009–2011 | Chelsea Academy | ||
| 2011–2014 | Chelsea Reserves | ||
| 2016–2017 | Crawley Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Drummy died by suicide at the age of 56 in November 2017.
Club career
editDrummy, who played as a midfielder, began his career with the youth team at Arsenal. He never made the first team at Arsenal, but did make five appearances in the Football League on loan at Blackpool.[1] He later played non-league football for Hendon, Wealdstone, Enfield, Ware[2] and St Albans City.[citation needed] While at Hendon, Drummy scored in the final of the 1988 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup where Hendon were crowned champions.[3]
Coaching career
editDrummy was player-manager at Ware during the 1996–97 season.[4] He left halfway through to become a youth coach at Arsenal,[5] before becoming manager of the Chelsea Academy in January 2009.[6] The academy won the 2009–10 FA Youth Cup in his second year in charge, beating the Aston Villa Academy 3–2 on aggregate – the academy's first Youth Cup victory in 49 years.[7] After a successful spell managing the youth team, Drummy was appointed reserve team manager in July 2011, replacing Steve Holland who went on to work with the first team.[8]
For the 2012–13 season the old reserve team league was replaced by a new under-21 format, with Drummy taking control of that squad, as well as an under-19 team that competed in a European competition – the NextGen Series. The final of that was reached with Barcelona, Ajax, Juventus and Arsenal beaten along the way, before defeat to Aston Villa in a match held in Italy.[9] In the 2013–14 season, Drummy won the Under-21 Premier League.[9]
Drummy moved to the role of international head coach in June 2014.[10]
In June 2015, Drummy was offered the manager's job at Brazilian side Bangu.[11]
He became head coach of Crawley Town in April 2016.[12] He left in May 2017.[13]
Death
editDrummy died at the age of 56 in November 2017.[14] The cause of death was announced on 5 April 2018 as suicide.[15]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 29 April 2017
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Crawley Town | 27 April 2016 | 4 May 2017 | 54 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 27.8 | [16] |
| Total | 54 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 27.8 | — | ||
References
edit- ^ "BLACKPOOL : 1946/47–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ "Ware vs. Hungerford Town match programme". 4 November 1995.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Hendon FC in Cup Action". Hendon FC at Wembley. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ "Ware vs. Cheshunt match programme". 7 September 1996.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Matt Law (8 June 2013). "Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to be forced into backroom staff reshuffle as Drummy eyes exit". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Dermot Drummy – International head coach". Chelsea F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Captain Clifford wins Cup for Blues". The FA. 4 May 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ^ "Emenalo Is New Technical Director". Chelsea F.C. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Dermot Drummy - International head coach". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "New roles in Academy". Chelsea F.C. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Ex-Chelsea coach Dermot Drummy offered first senior position with Brazilian side Bangu". Daily Mirror. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Dermot Drummy: Crawley Town name ex-Chelsea coach as head coach – BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Dermot Drummy: Crawley Town part company with head coach". Bbc.co.uk. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Ex Crawley Town boss Dermot Drummy dies, aged 56". The Argus. Newsquest Media (Southern). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Dermot Drummy: Former football boss took own life - BBC News". BBC News. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Managers: Dermot Drummy". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
External links
edit- Former Staff - Dermot Drummy Hendon FC
- Dermot Drummy Statistics St Albans City FC