Eamonn Dolan RIP

[AthleticoSpizz]

All the above and RIP

He must be very proud (watching from afar) of the likes of Gylfi and Shane right now. Not to mention the other thirty kids brought through to become first team players for Reading.

[Lacoste]

Extremely sad news. A proper football man and a proper Reading FC man who showed us so much class and loyalty over the years.

Always wanted him to be manager every time the job was there for the taking.

Sleep well mate.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Excellent and genuine tribute paid by Brian McDermott on Get Reading this evening.

[sputnik]

Just seen this sad news. The Dolan Academy would indeed be a fitting tribute.
RIP

[Royal1988]

Such sad news and a real loss to Reading FC. He was a true Reading legend, and his influence on the greatest period on Reading's history will never be forgotten. I like to think that in his last days he was still able to see two of his products score in the Euros - Robson Kanu and Gylfi Sigurdsson. I hope that eventually the Academy will be renamed the Eamonn Dolan Academy, but in the more immediate future, I am sure that he will be immensely proud looking down watching them both, Simon Church and Shane Long too, all in the last 16 of the European Championships - and maybe even the quarter finals or beyond. So for now, that is the best tribute of all to the hard work he put in over the years.

RIP Eamonn

[KC Royal]

Only just discovered this terrible news. I actually thought about him recently and as someone else said the lack of any news on his progress made me fear the worst. Hoped he would become first team manager for years, and there's no doubt that his influence in the academy will be sorely missed.

Some touching tributes from those that knew him well.

RIP Eamonn

[One8Seven1*]

Extremely sad news. A proper football man and a proper Reading FC man who showed us so much class and loyalty over the years.

Always wanted him to be manager every time the job was there for the taking.

Sleep well mate.

Couldn't put it better myself. Just reading what the youngsters and some experienced players have said about the man just shows you what a fantastic coach and motivator Eamonn was. It's a huge loss to Reading Football Club, and more so to his family and friends. He was a true gentleman, and there aren't many of them in the game any more.

RIP Eamonn. I hope the club name the North Stand after you. It couldn't be more deserved.

[Sutekh]

The EP has published funeral details for Eamonn

http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/readin ... e-11538887

[The Cap]

“Eamonn had a brilliant mind,” said Hammond. “Intellectually he was brilliant. He had that emotional intelligence because he was coming from first-team football at Exeter, but he had also been involved in development.

“He had an understanding of what was required from the first-team manger. That was one of his great strengths because he knew the pressure the first-team manager was under and how difficult it is to play young players.

“But the unbelievable quality that Eamonn had was he understood all of the modern methods. He knew about medical, he knew about sports science - but what he also had, which was key, was he had that old-school tough mentality.

“He could do tough love with the players and sometimes that doesn’t happen in modern academies because of the way the world is.

"But he could do that because the players knew that he loved them. He had such a way with players that they knew the tough love was for their benefit.

“He had a beautiful balance of old-school discipline, against that intellect that gave him knowledge of all the modern concepts and philosophies.

“We brought him in because we thought he would bring all those things - but he brought more.”

Tributes have been flooding in for Dolan since the tragic news of his death was announced on June 21.

Reading have had a book of condolence in place for fans to sign while flags at both Madejski Stadium and Hogwood Park have been flying at half-mast.

His funeral will be held on Tuesday, July 5 at 11am in Wokingham’s Corpus Christi Catholic Church and a huge turn-out is expected from those wanting to pay their respects to the 48-year-old.

“You’ll see at the funeral just what he meant to people,” said Hammond.

“When you look at someone’s life, how do you judge it? For me, it’s the legacy that they leave behind and the people that they’ve touched.

“The legacy that Eamonn left at Reading will go on for years because there is a structure and philosophy in place that will serve the club so well.

“That’s a working legacy. But a greater legacy of Eamonn is his family.

“Erica his wife, Grace and Seamus, his kids, are just a beautiful, beautiful people. He was just so proud of his family.”

Hammond added: “48 is no age for anyone to die, so therefore Tuesday is going to be a very sad day.

“Ultimately it’s about a family who have lost a husband, a father and a brother. It’s going to be a tremendously sad and difficult day - but we’ll get through it because there will be so much togetherness in the room.

“Eamonn used a lot of language that he developed in the academy. Language that he used with the players and staff.

"Probably the word he used more than any other was togetherness. And the togetherness of everyone there on Tuesday will support the family.”

Superb endorsement.

[Unphased Royal]

Apologies if already mentioned
North Stand renamed The Eamonn Dolan Stand

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/eamonn-dolan-stand-madejski-stadium-3168672.aspx

[AthleticoSpizz]

EPo reporting on his funeral and isome of its attendees (Steve Perryman, Brian Mc, Nigel Adkins, Sreve Clarke, Alex McCarthy, Noel Hunt, Jem, Shane Long, Alex Pearce to name but a few which speaks volumes for the respect that those in his footballing world had for him.

[Ian Herring]

Very sad.

On your journey, Eamonn?

Many good thoughts.

[floyd__streete]

Desperately sad, however a good life well-lived has been commemorated fittingly by the club, what a touch of class.

It would be nice to think - in a similar way to how Frank Orton's death was part of the inspiration behind the success of 2005/06 - the whole club could unify behind the idea of a successful campaign next season by way of further tribute, fittingly perhaps with some good young prospects featuring for us.

[seahawk10]

This one is a little late, but I was listening to a top 10 punk anthems youtube clip. Bro Hymn by Pennywise was on the list.
I think this would be a great song to play after a goal at home. Does anyone else use this?

You start playing just at the 'While you were her the fun was never ending. Laugh a minute was only beginning. EAMONN DOLAN THIS ONE'S FOR YOU!'

Then the oooooh woooah ooohhh ooohhh part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Ne-0kvAUI#t=0m43s