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Ulster Herald Advertisement Carroll admits it’s been a whirlwind few weeks Posted: 7:14 am February 27, 2021 By Tommy Nethery IT’S been a whirlwind few weeks for former Northern Ireland goalkeeper Roy Carroll. From sitting at home wondering when his goalkeeping school ‘RC1 Coaching’ would be allowed to re-open for business again, Carroll has been thrust back into the spotlight in quite spectacular fashion. At the beginning of the month the ex-Manchester United stopper, at the ripe old age of 43, resurrected his Irish League career with Dungannon Swifts and last weekend the 45...

UEFA Executive Committee cancels 2021 men’s and women’s U19 Euros UEFA’s Executive Committee has cancelled the 2021 Men’s and Women’s U19 European Championship finals due to be staged this summer. It’s a blow for both Northern Ireland WU19 boss Alfie Wylie and new Northern Ireland Men’s U19s boss Gerard Lyttle. Lyttle had already started preparing for  three UEFA U19 Euro qualifiers in Sweden next month which were the first step on a path to the now axed finals in Romania. And Wylie staged a training camp last week in preparation for a WU19 Euro qualifying round mini tournament...

New U19s and U17s boss Gerard Lyttle appoints support team New Northern Ireland Under-19 and Under-17 manager Gerard Lyttle has revealed the make-up of his backroom team – and it contains some well-known names. Prolific Irish League striker Andy Waterworth is his choice as assistant manager, while legendary Northern Ireland centre back Gareth McAuley will be a coach. And another Northern Ireland legend, goalkeeper Roy Carroll, has agreed to be the goalkeeping coach for both teams. New assistant manager Waterworth, who is still leading the line for Linfield in what has been a goal-laden care...

Baraclough and Lyttle welcome new U19s and U17s backroom team Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough has welcomed the addition of Andy Waterworth, Gareth McAuley and Roy Carroll to the Northern Ireland Under-19 and Under-17 set-up. Both the Northern Ireland boss and Gerard Lyttle, the new U19/U17 manager who has brought the trio onboard, said they would all bring plenty of know-how to their roles.   Baraclough said: “I’m really keen to encourage our former international stars to come back into the fold in this way. It’s part of the fabric of what I feel any manager should be doing.

Diarmuid O’Carroll had come out on top of a three-man shortlist for the position.