New management at Holm Park
Thursday, 25 February 2010
A NEW management team has taken over the reins at Armagh City Football Club.
They are the highly-regarded Brazilian Thiago Dernadin and his experienced Costa Rican partner Luis Fernando.
Their appointment has paved the way to several South American and continental players joining the ranks of Armagh City Football Club - currently languishing at the foot of the Ladbrokes.com Division One Championship.
Several foreign players have already arrived in the city and will join up with first-team locals in a bid to avoid the drop this season.
All this is a prelude to a possible amalgamation between the Holm Park club and the Barclelona-based Fundacion Marcet - (Spanish Soccer School).
But, before everything is official, an Emergency Meeting of Armagh City FC members will have to be called to approve the proposed scheme.
The players from abroad have already been registered with the footballing authorities in Northern Ireland and everything is in place for their first league outing this Saturday, February 27, against Banbridge Town at Holm Park, Armagh, kick-off 3pm.
The following statement on the matter was released this week.
It reads, "Armagh City Football Club has agreed to collaborate with the Barcelona-based Fundacion Marcet in a project which will see the Championship One club benefit from the use of overseas coaches - as well as seeing the introduction of overseas players to the local game.
“It is hoped the experience will benefit both the local players, who will receive coaching alongside the more technically gifted overseas players, as well as benefiting the new players, who will be introduced to the more physically demanding style of our local game.
“As a result, Armagh City wishes to announce the appointment of Thiago
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Denardin and Luis Fernando as the new technical staff.
“Thiago is a fully qualified Brazilian coach and has coaching experience with International Porto Alegre, San Jose Porto Alegre, Fluminense, Sport Brasil, Tubarao, Tocantins, Araguaina, as well as the Fundacion Marcet International Programme.
“Luis is a qualified Costa Rican coach with experience with San Jose, Saprissa and the Fundacion Marcet International Programme,
“The club would like to place, on record, our thanks to Ivor McGucken and his assistant Marty Rice for all their hard work throughout this season.
“The lack of financial assistance the club has received meant the management was severely restricted in the progress they might otherwise have made.
“The club has already made a number of overseas signings in intends to make more in the future.
“Armagh City FC believes that this is the right time to take this bold step with Fundacion Marcet," the statement ends.
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