Cobh Ramblers have been thrown into crisis ahead of Friday\u2019s First Division playoff as Mick McDermott will not manage the team at Treaty United.<\/p>\n
Uncertainty over the Belfast native\u2019s future surfaced when he wasn\u2019t on the bench for Friday\u2019s final regulation game of the season at home to champions Dundalk.<\/p>\n
McDermott led the Rams to their highest finish for eight years – First Division runners-up in his maiden season – but the club confirmed an abrupt parting of ways as they head into the critical phase of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cCobh Ramblers FC can confirm that Michael McDermott is no longer first team manager,\u201d read a statement issued on Monday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would like to thank Mick for his service to the club this season and wish him well in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichie Holland will take charge of the team on an interim basis for the upcoming playoffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we enter this important stage of the season, we encourage all supporters to get behind Richie and the squad. The support of our community has always been at the heart of the club, and we look forward to continuing that journey together \u2014 through the playoffs and into the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
McDermott (51) indicated the end was nigh on Friday when posting a cryptic message on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball is pure and simple – about players, fans, relationships and honesty,\u201d it read, accompanied by a picture in his office with belongings.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a plaything or PlayStation. To the future!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cobh were acquired by US-based Digital Athlete group in July. They assumed a 90% stake after the initial investment group who\u2019d taken the club out fan ownership this time last year, FC32, encountered financial difficulties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cobh Ramblers have been thrown into crisis ahead of Friday\u2019s First Division playoff as Mick McDermott will not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,2539,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-93819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-league-of-ireland","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93819","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=93819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}