Dominic Foley will be in charge of a new-look Treaty United for the 2024 season.
Paul Fennessy THE LIST of high-profile Irish football figures from the men’s game who have tried their hand at coaching in women’s football is not long.
As a player too, the Charleville native was not afraid to try something different — his career encompassed not just stints in England with Wolves and Watford, but also for Braga in Portugal and Gent as well as Cercle Brugge in Belgium amid an era when Irish players venturing any further than Britain was even rarer than it is today.
Their men’s manager Tommy Barrett recommended Foley to new CEO and COO, Ciara McCormack and Marie Curtin, who are similarly both ex-Ireland internationals. Advertisement “The more I spoke to them, the more interested I became,” Foley recalls, and he agreed to take over after a couple of meetings.In addition, part of the arrangement means that while usually meeting up with the players four or five times a week like all professional sides, Foley will still hold onto his day job.Foley’s brother owns the company and they have granted him leeway to leave work a little early or take the occasional half-day if necessary.
“People have been saying: ‘Now, that you’re back in it, have you ambition to do this, have you ambition to do that?’ For the players, it is also a considerable sacrifice and one where there is no long-term guarantee of success. The newly built squad includes seven Canadians , one American , one Japanese and one Australian with North Vancouver-born McCormack’s connections key to those deals.
Attracting players from elsewhere in Ireland and even individuals originally from Limerick playing at other clubs has sometimes been a challenge.
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