Val Andrews was the manager for the Dublin Minor Football Team for the 2010 championship. Andrews is employed as a lecturer the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB). Andrews had previously managed

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and

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and the Dublin Junior Football team in 2007. Andrews had previously been linked to managing the Dublin senior football team in 2001,

Tommy Lyons Tommy Lyons is an Irish former Gaelic football manager and player from County Mayo who managed two inter-county teams. He was also a regular panellist/analyst on RTÉ's ''The Sunday Game''. Although born in County Mayo, Lyons considers himself ...

was chosen in the end. Andrews managed

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success in 1998, the same year he began as the new Cavan manager. Andrews managed

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in 2005 and 2006 and won the

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on both occasions. He had launched a campaign to become the Dublin GAA County Chairman and released a website to promote the changes he would make as a chairman for the county board. He failed in his attempts to take the position from

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due to a vote of 171 to 99 in the Corkman's favour.

Dublin Junior manager

In his first game as Dublin Junior manager, Dublin defeated

by 3–21 to 0–2. This result qualified Dublin for the Junior semi final against

Wicklow Wicklow ( ; ga, Cill Mhantáin , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; non, Víkingaló) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. It is located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island. According to the 2016 census, it has ...

. Dublin defeated Wicklow to qualify for the final after a 2–36 to 1–07 victory over their

neighbours. This progress ended when Dublin met

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in the final and were subsequently defeated by 1–10 to 1-08.

Leinster manager

Andrews led

to consecutive

titles in 2005 and 2006.

References

External links

Val Andrews WebsiteAndrews to manage Dublin juniors
on Hill 16 (archive) {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Val Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Gaelic football managers