Chairman, Keith Boyd, welcomes our new Manager, Kris Lindsay, to Stangmore Park.
Dungannon Swifts Football Club have the absolute pleasure of announcing that our new Manager will be, Mr Kris Lindsay.
Kris was very keen to move into management and we are really looking forward to having him on board at Stangmore Park. He will bring with him an extensive knowledge of the local game and a desire to be as successful in management, as he was while a player in the Irish League. He spent his time as a player playing for Portadown, Larne, Linfield and Glenavon during this time period he picked up 2 League titles, 3 Irish Cups, 1 League Cup, a County Antrim Shield and 2 Mid Ulster Cups.
Kris has been first team coach at Glenavon under Gary Hamilton for the past year and a half, proving to be a great success with them. He is a young, ambitious manager, who wants to win. He has an impressive vision for our club for both present and future times.
Kris has made his thoughts very clear to us;
“I’ve played under and worked for some great managers in my career and will always be indebted to Gary (Hamilton) and Glenavon for giving me the opportunity to coach at this level but I’ve never hidden the fact that I want to manage. When the opportunity arose here at Dungannon, it was something I was excited about and one that I couldn’t turn down and let pass me by. Dungannon is a family club with great facilities and ethos, and one that I have complete faith that I can get moving in the right direction up the table. It’s a fresh challenge for me and one that I can’t wait to get started with.”
“There is a core of quality players at the club and my immediate focus has to be to continue to get points on the board and start to move up the table. Longer term we have to focus and consolidate our position in the league and move forward to consistently breaking into the top six as that will give the club the opportunity to gain European qualification through the playoffs. All in all, I’m excited for the challenge ahead and it’s one I’m committed to and can’t wait to get started working with the players.”
Chairman Keith Boyd said;
“I am absolutely delighted with the appointment of our new manager, Kris Lindsay. He has lots of experience within the Irish League and I am excited to see what he brings to Dungannon Swifts. I would like to thank Glenavon Football Club for granting us permission to speak to Kris. I would ask all our supporters and the Town of Dungannon to get behind Kris as he commits his future to our Club.”
Kris will be at training on Thursday night and will also be present in the dugout for our fixture away to Glenavon on Saturday. We would love if you could all come and get behind our new manager in this local derby. Transport will be leaving Stangmore Park at 2pm for the short journey to Lurgan.
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Kris, his wife, Emma, and two sons, Jacob and Alexander to Stangmore Park. We wish Kris every success as Manager of DSFC and we look forward to what the future brings for us as a Club.
