Scottish football team Hibernian appoint new manager

Friday, November 25, 2011

Scottish football team Hibernian F.C. (Hibs) have appointed Pat Fenlon as their new manager. Fenlon signed the contract at Hibs' Easter Road home ground in the capital, Edinburgh.

	[Hibernian are] a club with a rich history and proud traditions.
—Pat Fenlon, Hibernian F.C. manager

Fenlon left Bohemian F.C., an Irish football team he managed since 2008, so that he could manage Hibernian, which he is "really excited by". Fenlon's management career has previously remained in his native Ireland. From 2002, Fenlon managed Shelbourne F.C., which won the UEFA Cup in three of the five seasons he managed the team for. Fenlon went on to manage Derby City in 2007 before taking the managing position at Bohemians. According to Fenlon, Hibernian are "a club with a rich history and proud traditions." Fenlon's Hibs contract will last until the conclusion of 2013 / 2014 football season.

Hibs have now had five managers in as many years. Colin Calderwood is the most recent before Fenlon, being removed from his position on November 6 after twelve months managing the team. In that time they played in forty-nine matches and won in twelve of them. Calderwood has since gone on to become part of Birmingham City F.C., a football team based in the English city of Birmingham.

At the end of the previous football season, Hibernian F.C. placed tenth. As it stands, the team are currently ninth in the Scottish Premier League table. In reference to what he called the "quality players on Hibernian's playing staff", Fenlon stated that "there will need to be a lot of hard work and a clear change in mindset shown collectively by the team" and that a major target for them will be "to provide winning football to the Hibernian supporters, who have gone through some hard times recently."

File photo of Pat Fenlon from 2007
Image: Maiden City Images.

Easter Road, the home ground for Hibernian F.C., as seen in 2010.
Image: Jeff Winter.

Map of Edinburgh, Scotland. Hibernian F.C. is based in Leith, in the north of the city.
Image: OpenStreetMap.

File photo of former Hibernian F.C. manager Colin Calderwood from 2007.
Image: Jonesy702.

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Sources

"Hibernian appoint Pat Fenlon as new manager" — BBC Sport, November 25, 2011
"Fenlon confirmed as Hibs boss" — Press Association, November 25, 2011

External links

Hibernian F.C. on Wikipedia.
Hibernian F.C. report on new manager appointment

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