FORMER Jersey Scottish manager and Island number two Bob Kearsey is to return to football next season with First Tower United.
Kearsey has been appointed this week to fill the void left by previous manager Dave Philpott.
Kearsey will be assisted at La Hague Manor by Chad Morris and Paul Skelley, who were at St Martin when Kearsey was first-team manager there.
Tower president Roger Gibbon said: ‘We’re delighted to have Bob back with us.
He played Tower in the early 1980s so he knows what we are all about.
‘He replied to our advert for the manager’s position and we’re very pleased to have him come aboard.
The club had a meeting with the players earlier this week.
Bob attended too, and it all went very well.
He impressed me with some of the things he said and it’s great he is coming as part of a package, with Chad and Paul helping him.’ Kearsey, who resigned from Jersey Scottish at the start of last season having led the Scots to two Coca-Cola Combination Division I titles in four years, finishing runners-up in the other two years, said: ‘I’ve had 12 months to recharge my batteries and have a rethink.
I’ve missed the coaching and I’m looking forward to be getting back into it.
‘I’ve met a lot of the players this week and I’m pleased with their ideas and attitudes..
Without being disrespectful to anyone, Tower have under-achieved in recent seasons.
They have also lost a lot of players over the past four or five years.
I’m going to go in with Chad and Paul and help freshen them up a little.
There is a good squad there at the moment and what they are lacking is a bit of experience.
‘I’m making no predictions for next season, although I expect two or three clubs to be pushing for the title again with the others all very much on a par again, like the season just finished.’ Gibbon, who has been president six years, added: ‘I’m optimistic and hopefully Bob and this team will help put First Tower’s name back in the public eye again in the near future.
‘We’ve slipped from the heights we were at a number of years ago.
You still hear people talking about the old Beeches and Magpies sides in the 50s and the Tower side of the 70s.
We accept that things go in cycles and our aim is to start pedalling harder and get Tower back into top gear again.’
Article posted on 26th May, 2007 - 12.00am
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