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Personal information
Alan Mathews
Date of birth	27 June 1965(1965-06-27)^[1]
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984 1984 1985-1987 1988-1990 1990	St. Patrick's Athletic Drogheda United Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne F.C. Galway United Bray Wanderers Kilkenny City Longford Town	? (?) ? (?) 3 (1) ? (?) 20 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) ? (0)
Teams managed
2002–2007 2008 2009-	Longford Town Cork City Drogheda United
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alan Mathews (born 27 June 1965 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer and current manager of Drogheda United [1].

1 Career
- 1.1 Player
- 1.2 Manager
2 References
3 Honours

Career

Player

As a player, Mathews played for St. Patrick's Athletic, Drogheda United, Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne, Galway United Bray Wanderers, Kilkenny City A.F.C. and Longford Town.

Capped for Ireland at Under-15 and Under-18 levels, he made his League of Ireland debut for St. Patrick's Athletic in August 1984 against Dundalk.

He made his Rovers debut against Bray Wanderers at Milltown on the 9th of November 1986 and scored his first goal for the Hoops at Home Farm on the 14th of April 1987. Made a total of 5 appearances for the Hoops.

While playing for Galway he saved a penalty deputising in goal against Rovers on the 24th of October 1990.

He played for Longford Town under Dermot Keely in the early 1990s, and cites Dermot Keely and Pat Byrne as his main influences.^{[citation needed]} (Mathews was also Assistant Manager to Dermot Keely at Shelbourne from 1998 to 2002.)^[2]

Manager

Appointed club manager for Longford Town in July 2002, Mathews became the first manager to win a senior trophy with the club in 2003, winning the FAI Cup. He was again successful in 2004 when he guided Longford to League of Ireland Cup success and capped a memorable year for the club when he completed the double with the FAI Cup win over Waterford United. He is the most successful manager in Longford Town's history and was named Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland "Personality of the Year" in 2003.^[3]

Mathews left Longford Town in 2007, and replaced Damien Richardson as Cork City manager^[4] on January 10, 2008. In his only season, the club won the Setanta Sports Cup for the first time, despite entering examinership through the courts and losing several key players. Nevertheless, on December 9, 2008, the club announced that Mathews would no longer remain as manager, citing financial constraints as the primary reason for his leaving.^[5].After surviving examinership themselves Drogheda United unveiled Alan as their new manager for the forthcoming season.