Foster to be unveiled as Dundalk manager
Published: December 04, 2009
Leeson revealed that the cash-strapped Westerners had denied Dundalk permission to speak to the Liverpudlian, who impressed in his rookie year of management last season. Despite still having a year to run on his contract with the Tribesman, it now looks as if Foster will follow his former colleague Jeff Kenna's example in leaving Galway for a club with a relatively more stable financial footing and loftier ambitions.
It was well known that Foster had applied for the Lilywhites job, but his name has only really come to the fore after Stephen Kenny's well-publicised rejection of a job offer.
Dundalk have called a press conference for 8pm tonight at the Crowne Plaza hotel, where they have confirmed that the new manager will be revealed, and although they have not revealed an identity, Foster is clearly in line to follow in Sean Connor's footsteps.
Alan Dooley
is extratime's Chief Editor, who is based in County Galway and has been following the League of Ireland on and off since he was roughly six which, unfortunately for him, was way back mid-80s. His first memory of the drama of domestic football was Vinny Arkins, then of Shamrock Rovers, on the receiving end of banter about his long, blond hairdo which was in need of a trim, while his favourite player of all time is Derry City's Liam Coyle.
