Sean O'Driscoll
Sean Michael O'Driscoll ( born July 1, 1957 in Wolverhampton ) is an England -born former Irish football player and current coach. Most recently, he coached the English third division side Bristol City.
Playing career
Sean O'Driscoll was playing from 1979 to 1984 for Fulham. After relegation to the Football League Third Division in the 1979/80 season, he returned in 1982 with his team in the second-class second division. In 1984, O'Driscoll for Harry Redknapp trained third division AFC Bournemouth and rose with his new club in 1987 in the second division. After relegation to the Third Division in the 1989/90 season, the club remained until O'Driscolls career end in this league.
In the summer of 1982, Sean O'Driscoll played three caps for the Irish national team. His debut celebrated on 21 May 1982 in a 0-1 defeat in a friendly match in Chile.
Coaching career
AFC Bournemouth
After the end of his playing career, he joined the coaching staff of his longtime association. On 19 August 2000 Sean O'Driscoll took over the post of the head coach and missed his team as seventh in a place in the play-offs only just. The season 2001/ 02 was significantly negative and ended in relegation to the fourth division. 2003 the association reached by a 5-2 win in the play-off final against Lincoln City FC direct return to the third- highest division. After two digit positions in the standings Bournemouth ended the 2005/06 season in the Football League One as the Seventeenth. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season left O'Driscoll after over 22 years as player and coach Bournemouth and took over the coaching job at Doncaster Rovers.
Doncaster Rovers
With its also playing in the third division new team he finished the season 2006/ 07 as Tabellenelfter and also won by a 3-2 after extra time in the final against Bristol Rovers Football League the Trophy. Already in the subsequent season, the performance of the Rovers increased significantly and led by a third place for making the play -offs. After a Erstrundenerfolg over Southend United ( 0:0 and 5:1 ) Doncaster defeated in the final in front of 75 132 spectators at Wembley Leeds United 1-0 and for the first time since 1958 thus rose again in the second highest league on. In the Football League Championship 2008/ 09, the Rovers secured as 14th in the league. After another year in mid-table, the team's 2010/11 top scorer Billy Sharp graduating to the Football League Championship after a good season so far and significantly poorer performance in the second half only as 21. After the first seven games of the Football League Championship 2011/12 the club finished with just one point the bottom of the table and then separated after five years of its head coach Sean O'Driscoll.
Nottingham Forest
After an interim activity of the coaching staff of Steve Cotterill at Nottingham Forest in the second half of the 2011/12 season, he took on 16 May 2012 the third division promoted Crawley Town. Even before the start of the first competitive game, O'Driscoll left his new club and returned as head coach and successor to the dismissed Cotterill back to Nottingham Forest. On December 26, 2012 he was released immediately after a 4-2 home victory on Boxing Day against Leeds United. The club was at that time in eighth place of the Football League Championship 2012/13 and only one point behind the sixth play-off place.
Bristol City
After a week earlier rejected an offer of Barnsley FC, O'Driscoll signed on January 14, 2013 a contract with the second division bottom club Bristol City. He also could not give the team new impetus and increased with Bristol 2012/13 in last place lying to the third tier from. Since the benefits are in the Football League One 2013/14 did not improve and the club was again found again in a relegation battle Sean O'Driscoll sacked on 28 November 2013.