Wexford FC has today announced the departure of senior men's team manager James Keddy.
The Dublin native leaves the club after two successful seasons with the purple and gold getting to two playoffs and reaching the semi-final of this year's FAI Cup where they were narrowly defeated by Drogheda United.
In a statement from the club, they noted they are "very grateful for his hard work in the project at Wexford FC and we were delighted to financially support James and his team in building our profile to get us where we are."
Speaking to Beat Sport, the Head of Football at Wexford FC, John Godkin says "It was time for both parties probably to move on at this stage".
"The agreement was that James was going to leave the club from immediate effect from today and then we're looking forward to maybe making some changes within our own strategies and how we run the club so it was time, I'd say, for both parties probably to move on at this stage because it's been a really successful two years.
"We've come in as a new management team and a new board and we've had two really good years from Wexford FC's previous performances and we've got into two playoffs, we got to a cup semi-final, we've had new investment in the club, we've had a new CEO so it worked, I think, very well for both parties the last couple of years but football sometimes, you know, your pathways change or you need to go in different directions and probably in a way the timing has come for that."
Speaking on Keddy's time with the club, Godkin said the Dublin manager came into the club at a good time and the last two years have been a "win-win for both parties."
"His [James Keddy's] stock has definitely gone up in League of Ireland football and our profile and our plans on moving our club forward have also coincided with that and so it's been very successful and people might find that strange that you part company at this stage but, you know, this happens in football sometimes, it's nothing new."
This news comes as Wexford FC concluded their season after bowing out of the First Division Play-off Semi-Finals with a 1-0 aggregate loss against Athlone Town.
Godkin says that while the club will let the news settle for a few days they'll be moving quickly to advertise the role with a number of players out of contract at the end of November.
"To be fair, we'll just let things settle now for a few days because this is hot news and, you know, it's just as a matter of courtesy we need to do things right but we'll advertise for the role in due process and we'd like to move it quickly so this won't take too much time because we need to move quickly as a lot of players come out of contract at the end of November anyway, so it's really important that we're ready to go and have a new management team in there so they can hit the ground running as well."
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