Dundalk strife won't distract Derry's Devine

16 April 2021; Derry City manager Declan Devine after the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match between Derry City and Drogheda United at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in Derry. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

With matters of his own to resolve, Derry City manager Declan Devine is solely focused on finding his side’s first win of the season when troubled Dundalk visit the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium tonight for a most unlikely bottom-of-the-table clash.

Dundalk confirmed in a statement yesterday that coach Filippo Giovagnoli had ‘left the club with immediate effect’, while formally announcing that team manager Shane Keegan had also departed Oriel Park.