Rewind to 2017 and find Tim Clancy openly regretting “10 years” of wastage as a professional footballer. Failure to “upskill” for the afterlife drove his career into a cul-de-sac.
“I should have had my coaching badges long ago and I was offered to do them for free, but I said, ‘sure, I’ll do them next year,’” said Clancy back then and again this week.
At 33 years old the Bray Wanderers centre half honestly admitted to “chasing my tail” in the race to get an A licence before his body yelled “stop”. Yet within six months Drogheda United turned Clancy into a manager. Opportunity knocked once more last winter as St Patrick’s Athletic asked him to replace Stephen O’Donnell (don’t ment …
- April 29, 2022
