Graham replaces Fenlon as Linfield general manager

Pat Fenlon managed Bohemians from 2008 to 2011

Pat Fenlon has stepped down as general manager of Irish Premiership champions Linfield, with former Rangers head of communications David Graham named as his replacement.

Graham served as head of media relations at Rangers for almost two and a half years.

He resigned from that post in October.

Fenlon was appointed as Linfield's General Manager in November 2018 and was influential in formulating a five-year strategic plan as the club moved into a new professional set-up.

The plan included the Belfast club adopting a full-time model, growing their fanbase and improving their financial stability, along with further success in domestic competition and progress on the European stage.

During his playing career with the Blues, the 53-year-old Dubliner picked up a league winners' medal and was part of two Irish Cup winning squads.

He appears set to work alongside Bohemians manager Declan Devine in his new role as the Premier Division outfit move towards a more traditional full-time set-up.

Fenlon won an FAI Cup with Bohs as a player in 1992 and then as manager led them to back-to-back league titles in 2008 and 2009 before leaving for Hibernian in 2011.

More to follow.