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.
| 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) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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.
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.[citation needed] While at Hendon, Drummy scored in the final of the 1988 Middlesex Senior Charity Cup where Hendon were crowned champions.[3]
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]
Drummy died at the age of 56 in November 2017.[14] The cause of death was announced on 5 April 2018 as suicide.[15]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Crawley Town | 27 April 2016 | 4 May 2017 | 54 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 027.8 | [16] |
| Total | 54 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 027.8 | — | ||
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