Sean O'Driscoll
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| Sean O'Driscoll | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Sean Michael O'Driscoll | |
| Date of birth | 1 July 1957 | |
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Doncaster Rovers (manager) | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1979–1984 1984–1995 |
Fulham Bournemouth |
148 (13) 423 (19) |
| National team | ||
| 1982–1983 1983 |
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland U21 |
3 (0) 3 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2000–2006 2006– |
Bournemouth Doncaster Rovers |
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Sean Michael O'Driscoll (born 1 July 1957) is an English-born football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Doncaster Rovers. He joined Doncaster in September 2006 following David Penney's departure. He was previously manager at Bournemouth. Known for being a very quiet, private man, he adopted the ironic nickname "Noisy" in his playing days at Fulham. He represented the Republic of Ireland as a player.
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[edit] Career
As a player, O'Driscoll was a midfielder for Fulham (1979–84) and Bournemouth (1984–95). He also won three caps for the Republic of Ireland. When he retired in 1995, he had played a club-record 423 league games for Bournemouth (the record has since been broken by Steve Fletcher), and subsequently joined the club's coaching staff. In August 2000, he was appointed manager, and despite limited financial resources, achieved good results, including promotion via the Third Division play-offs in the 2002–03 season.
In 2006, after 22 years at Dean Court, he left the club to become manager at Doncaster Rovers. His appointment came as a surprise for many Doncaster fans when it was announced. Newspapers and fans alike were tipping local hero Kevin Keegan to become their manager. However, as the weeks before the appointment pressed on, no statement from Keegan was forthcoming.[1] Other names mentioned with the post had been Peter Reid and recently sacked Nottingham Forest manager Gary Megson.
He made a rather steady start to his career at Belle Vue, including many draws and arguably bizarre formations (mainly due to the crowd being used to the 4-4-2 formation preferred by former manager Dave Penney for numerous years.) Notable events early in his career with Doncaster include a 4–0 victory away at Brentford, winning the manager of the month award for January 2007, and also overseeing Rovers' 3–2 success over Bristol Rovers in the Football League Trophy final in 2007. This success meant that O'Driscoll had achieved the rare feat of managing two different teams to victory at the Millennium Stadium.
In O'Driscoll's first full season in charge, 2007–08, he steered Doncaster to promotion into the Championship after a 1–0 victory over Leeds United in the League One play-off final at Wembley Stadium. The following season, 2008–09, saw his side initially struggle to adapt to the demands of the Championship, but they ended up 14th, comfortably clear of relegation.
[edit] Statistics
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| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Bournemouth |  |
19 August 2000 | 10 September 2006 | 326 | 118 | 98 | 110 | 36.20 |
| Doncaster Rovers | |
8 September 2006 | Present | 150 | 64 | 40 | 46 | 42.67 |
| Total | 476 | 181 | 138 | 156 | 37.82 | |||
- As of 9 March 2009.
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