Dermot Drummy

Dermot Drummy (16 January 1961 – 27 November 2017) was an English football coach and professional player. He was the head coach of Crawley Town, a position he took up in April 2016 after serving three years as manager of the Chelsea reserves and two years as the youth team manager.

Dermot Drummy
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-01-16)16 January 1961
Place of birth Hackney, London, England
Date of death 27 November 2017(2017-11-27) (aged 56)
Place of death Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1974–1979 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 Arsenal 0 (0)
1979–1980 → Blackpool (loan) 5 (0)
1980–1990 Hendon 240 (38)
Wealdstone
Enfield
Ware
1990 St Albans City 7 (0)
Total 251 (38)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Ware
2009–2011 Chelsea Academy
2011–2014 Chelsea Reserves
2016–2017 Crawley Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Drummy died by suicide at the age of 56 in November 2017.

Club career

Drummy, who played as a midfielder, began his career with the youth team at Arsenal. He never made the first team at Arsenal, but did make five appearances in the Football League on loan at Blackpool.[1] He later played non-league football for Hendon, Wealdstone, Enfield, Ware[2] and St Albans City. While at Hendon, Drummy scored in the final of the 1988 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup where Hendon were crowned champions.[3]

Coaching career

Drummy was player-manager at Ware during the 1996–97 season.[4] He left halfway through to become a youth coach at Arsenal,[5] before becoming manager of the Chelsea Academy in January 2009.[6] The academy won the 2009–10 FA Youth Cup in his second year in charge, beating the Aston Villa Academy 3–2 on aggregate – the academy's first Youth Cup victory in 49 years.[7] After a successful spell managing the youth team, Drummy was appointed reserve team manager in July 2011, replacing Steve Holland who went on to work with the first team.[8]

For the 2012–13 season the old reserve team league was replaced by a new under-21 format, with Drummy taking control of that squad, as well as an under-19 team that competed in a European competition – the NextGen Series. The final of that was reached with Barcelona, Ajax, Juventus and Arsenal beaten along the way, before defeat to Aston Villa in a match held in Italy.[9] In the 2013–14 season, Drummy won the Under-21 Premier League.[9]

Drummy moved to the role of international head coach in June 2014.[10]

In June 2015, Drummy was offered the manager's job at Brazilian side Bangu.[11]

He became head coach of Crawley Town in April 2016.[12] He left in May 2017.[13]

Death

Drummy died at the age of 56 in November 2017.[14] The cause of death was announced on 5 April 2018 as suicide.[15]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 29 April 2017
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
PWDLWin %
Crawley Town 27 April 2016 4 May 2017 54 15 12 27 027.8 [16]
Total 54 15 12 27 027.8 —

References
  1. "BLACKPOOL : 1946/47–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  2. "Ware vs. Hungerford Town match programme". 4 November 1995. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Hendon FC in Cup Action". Hendon FC at Wembley. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  4. "Ware vs. Cheshunt match programme". 7 September 1996. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Matt Law (8 June 2013). "Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to be forced into backroom staff reshuffle as Drummy eyes exit". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  6. "Dermot Drummy – International head coach". Chelsea F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  7. "Captain Clifford wins Cup for Blues". The FA. 4 May 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  8. "Emenalo Is New Technical Director". Chelsea F.C. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  9. "Dermot Drummy - International head coach". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  10. "New roles in Academy". Chelsea F.C. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  11. "Ex-Chelsea coach Dermot Drummy offered first senior position with Brazilian side Bangu". Daily Mirror. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  12. "Dermot Drummy: Crawley Town name ex-Chelsea coach as head coach – BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  13. "Dermot Drummy: Crawley Town part company with head coach". Bbc.co.uk. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. "Ex Crawley Town boss Dermot Drummy dies, aged 56". The Argus. Newsquest Media (Southern). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  15. "Dermot Drummy: Former football boss took own life - BBC News". BBC News. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  16. "Managers: Dermot Drummy". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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