Alan Reynolds & Kevin Doherty clash in heated row as Bohemians boss accuses Drogheda gaffer of chasing his job
RIVAL bosses Kevin Doherty and Alan Reynolds were involved in a heated row on Friday night.
But neither manager was keen to discuss the incident after tempers had cooled.
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Alan Reynolds was in a foul mood after seeing his side lose 1-0
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While Doherty was pumped up about having dug out a tight win
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After the game, Reynolds took exception to Doherty going over to celebrate with home supporters on the opposite side of the ground prior to shaking hands with him, although Drogheda staff claimed the Bohs boss had no interest in engaging in formalities between the game himself.
Nevertheless, Reynolds took Doherty to task over the perceived snub when both men returned from the dressing room to the pitch to conduct media interviews.
After Doherty dismissed his complaints, in earshot of many, Reynolds accused his counterpart of chasing his job at Dalymount Park last season.
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The Dubliner flatly rejected the accusation but hit back by suggesting he could have gotten the position easily enough if he had wanted.
Reynolds has been under pressure at various points since succeeding Declan Devine in March of last year although they went into Friday's match on the back of six wins out of seven.
Staff from both sides and Bohs players - who were doing a warm down - both headed in the direction of the rowing pair and it briefly looked like the situation might escalate but it was soon defused.
Asked about what had happened, Doherty said: 'Nothing, I don't want to talk about it.
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'I was celebrating. You're allowed to celebrate a win. There's nothing to say, I'd have a lot of respect for people at Bohs.'
Reynolds would say little either other than to suggest Doherty was too busy celebrating to greet him and that the issue of handshakes had gotten out of hand.
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He claimed Rovers staff did not deserve to have the courtesy extended to them after the game and added he had intended blanking Bradley beforehand too.
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But, similar to Reynolds did on Friday, he had attempted to draw a line under handshake controversies by suggesting his falling out with Bradley was 'nonsense'.
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For Doherty, he was chuffed to see Drogheda reach the midway point of their season with 29 points, just five short of their overall tally in 2024.
He said: 'Both teams had chances. I turned around to Daire Doyle at one stage and said 'this is actually an exciting game', not that I cared.
'It shows you how far we've come. That's as many wins we had all season last year and well-deserved. You have to defend as well but I thought we were a threat going the other way.
'It probably seemed that we dropped off. Dropped off? We've lost three games all year.
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'We've played half the games now and I'm absolutely delighted that we're going down to Waterford in good form.
'It's one more before the break and if we can keep performing the way we are I'll be very happy.
'I said before that I think we needed the break. I probably need it myself. I think I hurt myself crossing the pitch, not like me to be injured.'
RUEFUL REYNOLDS
For Reynolds, he was left ruing the decision to rule out a goal for Jordan Flores in the first half and 18-year-old Hugh Smith being unable to convert a late chance.
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But he had no issue with the penalty awarded against Sean Grehan for a foul on Conor Keeley.
He said: 'We deserved more than we got. We dominated from start to finish, really, but gave away a soft penalty. I am disappointed with that, Sean Grehan is a young player and has been excellent for us.
'I am disappointed with the goal from Flores, I feel it's a goal but the linesman makes a decision, you can't appeal these things, you can feel sorry about it but there's nothing you can do.
'We kept knocking on the door, but missed chances to get the equaliser. We bring on a young lad, Hughie Smith on for his debut, he has a great chance and he will learn from that.'
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Smith got his chance as Lys Mousset has suffered a recurrence of an Achilles injury which will keep him out until after the break with Reynolds confirming Grehan would return to Crystal Palace at the end of June when his loan expires.
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