Fenlon: Bohs fans will be won over with results

HE was close to being Bohemians manager just over a year ago but at the second attempt, the Dalymount Park side have finally got their man.

Pat Fenlon, a former player with the club, was yesterday officially unveiled as the new manager of Bohs, having previously turned down an offer to take over at Dalymount prior to the appointment of Sean Connor. Fenlon ended up going north to Derry instead, where he couldn’t repeat his huge success at Shelbourne and, unsettled, wound up resigning after just five months. Since then he has cut his teeth as the Republic of Ireland U23 manager but with the sudden sacking of Sean Connor, the man who needed to be asked twice has finally taken over the reins in Phibsborough.

“Everybody knows about last year, so I was a bit surprised,” says Fenlon about the fresh approach from Bohs. “Like I said before, I thought the decision I made at the time was the right one and I also thought their decision was the right one.