Hawkins: Players got Kenny sacked

Colin Hawkins yesterday admitted the Shamrock Rovers players were the reason manager Stephen Kenny was sacked.

Kenny was dismissed less than nine months into a three-year contract on Tuesday, a day after a home league defeat to bitter rivals Bohemians.

“Absolutely, yes,” agreed player-coach Hawkins when asked if the players had let Kenny down. “Without a shadow of a doubt. I’d have absolutely no problem at all saying that and I suppose I’m one of them. I was here to play.