John Fallon: Long goodbye arrives at Bohemians

The manager was candid enough to admit following their latest defeat, Monday’s 3-1 reverse to St Patrick’s Athletic, that his eight-year reign was mired in trouble.

EIGHT-YEAR SERVANT: Former Bohemians Manager Keith Long. ©INPHO/Ben Brady

YOU can’t have it every way. Success to some at Bohemians is the new-found stability the club have reached but try telling the fans who booed their team and called for the manager’s head.

Right now, the misalignment is testing the ideals of the institution and the casualty of Keith Long appeared inevitable.