Dermot Drummy (16 January 1961 – 27 November 2017) was an English

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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. 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

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. He never made the first team at Arsenal, but did make five appearances in the Football League on loan at

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. He later played non-league football for

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, Wealdstone, Enfield,

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and St Albans City. While at Hendon, Drummy scored in the final of the 1988

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where Hendon were crowned champions.

Coaching career

Drummy was player-manager at Ware during the 1996–97 season. He left halfway through to become a youth coach at Arsenal, before becoming manager of the Chelsea Academy in January 2009. The academy won the

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in his second year in charge, beating the

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3–2 on aggregate – the academy's first Youth Cup victory in 49 years. 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

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. 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. In the 2013–14 season, Drummy won the Under-21 Premier League. Drummy moved to the role of international head coach in June 2014. In June 2015, Drummy was offered the manager's job at Brazilian side Bangu. He became head coach of Crawley Town in April 2016. He left in May 2017.

Death

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

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Former Staff - Dermot Drummy
Hendon FC
Dermot Drummy Statistics
St Albans City FC {{DEFAULTSORT:Drummy, Dermot 1961 births 2017 deaths Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney English footballers Association football midfielders Arsenal F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Hendon F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Enfield F.C. players Ware F.C. players St Albans City F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Crawley Town F.C. managers English Football League managers Arsenal F.C. non-playing staff Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff Suicides in England 2017 suicides