27 Aug 2010
Westmeath job goes to Flanagan
Pat Flanagan was unveiled as the new Westmeath senior football manager at a County Board meeting at Cusack Park in Mullingar tonight. read more
Pat Flanagan was unveiled as the new Westmeath senior football manager at a County Board meeting at Cusack Park in Mullingar tonight.
Flanagan received the overwhelming support from club delegates present, and will take charge of both the senior and Under-21 panels for a two-year term.
Flanagan’s selectors for both teams are yet to be confirmed.
The Offaly native took over as interim Westmeath senior boss in April, following the departure of former Athletics Ireland chief Brendan Hackett.
Flanagan took over in the understanding that his tenure was just for the duration of the Championship, after which the position of Westmeath senior football manager would again be reexamined.
Just six weeks after his appointment, Flanagan guided the Lake County side to a Leinster SFC quarter-final win over Wicklow. However, Westmeath bowed out of the provincial series on the back of a semi-final defeat to Louth at Croke Park, while they failed to bounce back in the All-Ireland qualifiers, losing to Derry.
Flanagan’s full-time appointment is once again a bitter blow for Dessie Dolan Snr who had also been linked with the post.
Dolan is currently managing Roscommon club side Clann na nGael, and like Flanagan had his name in the ring for the position 12 months ago before Hackett was handed the role.
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