John Caulfield sets Galway 18-month promotion target

Newly appointed Galway United manager John Caulfield poses for a portrait at Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe, Galway. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

New Galway United manager John Caulfield has set an immediate target of gaining promotion to the Premier Division, but reckons he won’t be long in the job if he cannot lead the side out of the second tier by the end of next season.

League winner as a player and manager with Cork City, Caulfield left the Leesiders last summer, and eyebrows have been raised as to why one of the top managers in the game would take charge of a side without a win all season in the First Division.