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Finn Harps confirm new appointments for academy teams

written by Chris McNulty December 1, 2020
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DANIEL Nolan and Eamon Curry have been confirmed as the new managers of Finn Harps’ Under-17 and Under-15 teams.

The club made the announcement this afternoon.

Nolan, who holds UEFA A Licence, was previously involved with the academy set up. He has also spent time with Cockhill Celtic as well as the Ulster youth squad.

In his most recent post, Nolan was coaching the Sion Swifts ladies Senior team.

Curry, also a UEFA A licence holder, comes to the club after a successful campaign with Strabane Atheltic, who won the Intermediate league for the first time in their history.

Curry was also involved in the Milk Cup tournament with County Tyrone as well as Maiden City’s u17s and he remains the goalkeeping coach for the Northern Ireland schoolboys squad.

In addition to Nolan and Curry, Harps have revealed that Paddy McDaid and Shane Bradley will both join Curry’s u15s coaching staff along with goalkeeper coach, Ben Reuven.

McDaid was involved with the Donegal Schoolboys County squad in previous years and had been coaching with Illistrin FC in several age groups.

Bradley needs no introduction to Harps fans and joins the academy after an impressive career with the club during the ’90s and early 2000s.

Finn Harps’ Head of Academy Kevin McHugh said: “We have recently appointed two new head coaches in Daniel Nolan and Eamon Curry, both coaches come with great experience, are very keen to get stuck in and have a genuine passion for football and especially player development.

“We would also like to welcome Shane Bradley and Paddy McDaid to the club. Both are well-known and have a wealth of playing and coaching experience and will undoubtedly add greatly to the development of players going forward at the Finn Harps Academy.

“Other than the incoming coaches, we have revamped the clubs’ development pathway in the past few months from top to bottom. These changes are positive and will no doubt help Finn Harps FC going forward.

“We’ve looked at squads we have in the Academy, player recruitment and coach recruitment and are all parts of the changes that we will publish in the coming weeks.”

Harps have paid tribute to  Paul ‘Rua’ McBride, Trevor Gorman and Eloka Asokuh who have departed the academy.

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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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