{"id":425516,"date":"2026-04-30T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/425516\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:13:09","slug":"keith-andrews-reveals-ireland-task-saw-him-develop-brentford-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/425516\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Andrews Reveals Ireland Task Saw Him Develop Brentford Ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many, Keith Andrews being promoted to Brentford manager last summer was among the most surprising appointments in Premier League history.<\/p>\n<p>The London club had just one manager since their promotion to the division, with Thomas Frank bringing them up from the Championship before helping establish them as a stable top flight club. The Dane was always likely to be poached by a bigger club, ending up at Spurs last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Brentford then made the rather unorthodox decision to promote from within, with set-piece coach Andrews graduating into the top job. It would be his first managerial role, having previously acted an assisted with Ireland at senior and U21 level.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/owen-elding-ireland-england-interest-654292\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England Reportedly Hoping To Steal Young Forward From Under Ireland&#8217;s Nose<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/shamrock-rovers-portugal-jose-mourinho-654277\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Historic Shamrock Rovers Win Could Have Unlikely Ripple Effect On Jose Mourinho<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keith Andrews Says Ireland Task Drove Brentford Ambition<\/p>\n<p>Keith Andrews lacked in managerial experience, but the Brentford hierarchy clearly felt that the had the qualities necessary to succeed in the job.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, the Dubliner himself had long eyed Brentford as a potentially good fit for him.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7240051\/2026\/04\/30\/keith-andrews-brentford-ireland-europe-keane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic<\/a>, Andrews revealed that he first studied Brentford during his spell with Ireland, something that made him want to work with the club at some point.<\/p>\n<p>I had studied the team, how they play. I did a study on their throw-ins when I was working with Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>I had read numerous articles about Brentford, like we all do, and was intrigued by it and the goodness I felt that came from it \u2014 the authenticity around it. It was all those factors that made me want to come if the opportunity ever arose&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of question marks around the club in the summer. Would this be the end of this chapter? Where would go from this point?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re going to be in good hands as long as you\u2019ve got really good people making common sense decisions, with a medium- to long-term approach.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Andrews has certainly defied pre-season expectations at Brentford, with many tipping the club for relegation. Instead, he has them in the race for European football as they enter the final weeks of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>With a shortage of managers from this country at the top level in recent times, it is fantastic to see a coach from Ireland shine in the most competitive league in the world.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/roy-keane-pochettino-irish-town-654268\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Keane Loved Pochettino&#8217;s Anti-English Explanation On &#8216;Irish&#8217; Hometown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For many, Keith Andrews being promoted to Brentford manager last summer was among the most surprising appointments in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-425516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}