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Devine hails European qualification but says Derry can’t ‘chase a dream’

written by Chris McNulty October 26, 2019
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AFTER SEALING qualification to next season’s Europa League, Derry City manager Declan Devine insists that the Candystripes won’t ‘get carried away chasing a dream’.

By Chris McNulty at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium

City’s 4-0 win over Finn Harps last night at the Brandywell clinched a European spot for next summer.

Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe’s hat-trick saw Derry sign off on the 2019 season in style as they clinched fourth spot in the table.

“This is about the whole working environment in the football club,” Devine said. 

“This place is like a well-oiled machine this year and everyone is pulling in the one direction. The positivity has been magnificent.”

City finished 29 points off the champions, Dundalk, and there is an 18-point gap to second-placed Shamrock Rovers.

Devine said: “We won’t get carried away chasing a dream. 

“Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers are miles ahead of us. Miles ahead. We have to understand that. We want to catch them, maybe not next year, but we want to improve and get better. 

“Slowly but surely if we keep chipping away, keeping showing the appetite and get the players in then who knows?”

Devine came back for a second spell as Derry manager at the end of last season. The Creggan man took his charges for a short pre-season trip to the Isle of Man and had only a dozen senior players signed up at that stage.

However, some astute moves – including the loan signings of Golden Boot winner Ogedi-Uzokwe and David Parkhouse – in the transfer market saw Derry improve significantly on last year’s eighth-placed finish.

Devine said: “We were in the Isle of Man with 12 players and brought some youths with us. The rest were kids. 

“The players who came in understood that we had to show respect. We had to show respect for each other and show respect for this stadium. 

“Everyone here is pulling in the one direction now. Everyone is really determined to drag this club back to the status it has had and can have.”

Devine acknowledged that qualification for the Europa League eases a burden on club Chairman Philip O’Doherty. 

Accounts for the year ending November 2017 show that O’Doherty donated some €226,000 to help the club appear profitable, having lost £35,000 in the previous year.

Engineering boss O’Doherty has been Chairman since late 2009 and pours significant funds into the club each year.

Devine said:  “European qualification is brilliant.

“It means that the Chairman doesn’t have to put in as much money. That’s the bottom line. 

“The Chairman has been a huge supporter of this football club for a long, long time. The effort and energy behind the scenes is every bit as important as it is on it.

“Without the Chairman, there is no Derry City. The man has pushed this place on and he gets no thanks. Without Philip O’Doherty, there is no Derry City.”

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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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