A meeting of Tipperary football committee took place this evening, August 27th and it was unanimously agreed to recommend Philly Ryan, Clonmel Commercials as the new Tipperary senior football manager.
Philly brings many years of experience both as a player, team manager and coach to the role and his love of and commitment to football in Tipperary is unquestionable.
At club level, Philly played Senior Football from 1984 to 2007 and played Junior & Intermediate until 2018. He has been heavily involved as a coach at all levels in the club for many years and is currently coach / selector with the senior team.
At County level, Philly played Junior Football for Tipperary from 1987 to 1989 before becoming the first choice goalkeeper for the Senior team from 1990 to 2003, during which he captained the team on several occasions including in his debut year of 1990 and 1995 when Tipperary claimed the All Ireland Senior ‘B’ title. Following his retirement he was appointed as a selector with the Tipperary under 21 team in 2005 before going on to manage the Tipperary Minor footballers in 2007 and 2008.
Speaking on his appointment, Philly said that he was extremely proud to become Tipperary Senior football manager and that he intends to do all he can to help rejuvenate football at Senior level in Tipperary – “My philosophy has always been that football is all about the players. Players will judge me on how much I care as well as how much I know. The team is the star so every individual player and management member will have to leave their ego at the door. I subscribe to the old saying – it’s amazing what can be achieved when nobody cares who gets the credit”.
Philly also stated that his team will endeavor to play a confident direct form of football moving the ball quickly by hand and by foot. “We will try to carry the game to the opposition rather than defending deep, waiting for turnover and trying to play counter attacking football. We will be Progressive and Aggressive”.
In welcoming the appointment Tipperary football committee chairman Ferghal McDonnell said that Phillys appointment is a very positive development for Tipperary football and he is looking forward to the coming years with optimism, “Philly brings a huge amount of knowledge to the role, his knowledge of and passion for Tipperary football is unquestionable and I wish him and his management team the very best of luck”.
Philly will be joined on the management team by the following:
Paul Cahill – Grangemockler Ballyneale (Coach / Selector)
Cathal Naughton – JK Brackens (Coach / Selector)
Further members of the management team will be finalised in the coming weeks.
The new management team will now be put before the next County Committee meeting where their term of 3 years with a review at the end of year 2 will be ratified.
By Tipperary GAA Tue 27th Aug
