Former West Brom, Rangers, and Ipswich Town man touted for manager’s job at top-flight club
Could a defender that served West Brom for a long time in the Premier League get his first managerial gig in club football?
Former West Brom defender Gareth McAuley has been touted as a potential managerial contender for a job in the top-flight of Northern Ireland.
The 44-year-old spent a large part of his career at the Hawthorns, making 227 appearances for the Baggies which is a large chunk of the 532 club games he played as a footballer. He’s been retired since 2019, and for almost the last four-years, he’s worked with the age grade teams of Northern Ireland.
He’s been manager of Northern Ireland’s under-19s team for the last year-and-a-half, but now he is being spoken about by the BBC as a potential candidate for the vacant Larne job. Earlier this week, Tiernan Lynch left his role at Inver Park to take up the job at Derry City.
The job at Larne is an attractive one as they have been the reigning NIFL Premiership champions for the last three seasons. They became the first side from Northern Ireland to qualify for the group stages of a European competition this summer.
