Clancy and St Patrick's Athletic part company by 'mutual consent'
Timmy Clancy's spell as manager of St Parick's Athletic has ended.
The club announced this morning the Trim man was longer manager of the Inchicore club "by mutual consent."
The end of his spell as manager comes after last night's 0-1 home defeat to Sligo Rovers at Richmond Park.
The Saints were looking to get a win after losing out to Derry City 0-2 on Friday night but they were unable to make the breakthrough for a goal. Instead Sligo Rovers conjured up the only strike of the game.
The conclusion of Clancy's spell as manager comes as another turn in the Trim man's varied career in professional football.
He was signed by Millwall before moving to non-league football with Weymouth, AFC Hornchurch and Fisher Athletic. He later switched to Scotland where he had spells with Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Hibernian and St Johnstone.
When he returned to Ireland he had brief spells with Bray Wanderers, Shamrock Rovers and Sligo Rovers before taking charge of Drogheda Utd. It was a baptism of fire if there ever was one.
The club were in a low place when he took charge ahead of 2018 season with little money and not even a full squad of players.
Clancy went about building a new team and eventually guided the Louth club to the Premier Div. His work with Drogheda earned him high praise indeed - and deservedly so.
Clancy took over as manager of St Pat's ahead of 2021 season and had a promising first season with the club guiding them to fourth in the table and a place in the Europa Conference League.
His team's run in the Conference League included a memorable 0-1 away victory over CSKA Sofia as well a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Mura last July.
This season it has all gone wrong. A slow start to the campaign was compounded by a 2-0 defeat to Bohs at Richmond Park in March with some St Pat's fans calling for Clancy to be sacked.
Afterwards Clancy said: “If you are losing games of football and you are a football manager you have to expect that."
Briefly St Pat's did pick up in form but last Friday's defeat to Derry City and last night's loss to Sligo Rovers left the club fourth from bottom.
Former Rangers and Dundee Utd striker Jon Daly has been appointed as first team interim manager.
Daly (40), who holds a UEFA Pro Licence, joined St Pat's as assistant manager in December 2021 ahead of the 2022 season
Daly will be in charge for Friday's game in Cork City and their Meath goalkeeper Jimmy Corcoran.
Now the question is where will Clancy move to next?