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11 hours ago
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Carlisle United's 'irreplaceable' head of recruitment lauded in 2024 interview
Stephen Robinson with Martin Foyle during time at Motherwell (Image: SNS) CARLISLE United's new head of recruitment was hailed as "irreplaceable" in a 2024 interview with St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson. Martin Foyle was announced to be taking over Greg Abbott's role on June 18, following a 'a comprehensive, top-to-bottom review' of the football club. Advertisement Foyle was celebrated by the St Mirren boss for uncovering 'gems' that helped the Saints achieve a place in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League last season. The Scottish club's impressive recruitment put the spotlight on Foyle, with manager Robinson hailing the 61-year-old Englishman as "invaluable". Robinson told the BBC in August 2024: 'A lot of people don't notice the work that he does. "I've been working with Martin for a long, long time. He is irreplaceable. He finds me gems from his network of contacts all around the world. "We shouldn't get first refusal on a lot of players but because of his relationships we do. Advertisement "He's been invaluable to me; he certainly deserves a lot of credit.' Foyle explained why he decided to make the switch to Carlisle in an interview with the club on June 18. He said: 'There are things going on in the background that people don't see. "But my connection with Stephen is absolutely fantastic. He's a top-drawer manager, but sometimes, you need to move on. "Fresh faces, meeting people, but it's the project of trying to get Carlisle back in the league that excites me."
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Park heads up St Mirren recruitment as Foyle departs
St Mirren have appointed John Park as head of recruitment and emerging talent after Martin Foyle left to join Carlisle was most recently head of recruitment at Blackburn Rovers and has also worked for clubs including Celtic, Rangers, Birmingham City, Maccabi Haifa and Vancouver Mirren CEO Keith Lasley said: "We are sorry to see Martin moving on and wish him the best of luck in his new challenge."His contributions have been key in the club's progression over the past few seasons and we thank him for all his efforts."We have, however, moved quickly to bring John to the club and we are excited to welcome him to St Mirren."John's experiences across the world, significantly in player trading and youth development, make him the ideal person to build upon the relative success at the club over the past few years in line with our club strategy."Manager Stephen Robinson says the exit of "close friend" Foyle is a "sad loss for the club".He added: "Martin has been an integral part of what we've done over the past three-and-a-half years and he's been an integral part of what I've done as a manager over 10 years now."The club have appointed John and it's important that we get working together quickly, build a relationship and I look forward to that."
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
Carlisle appoint Foyle as head of recruitment
Carlisle United have appointed Martin Foyle as the club's head of recruitment as they plan for life in the National 62, who has managed Port Vale in the EFL, arrives at Carlisle having been head of recruitment at Scottish Premiership side St Mirren, a role he also held at Motherwell, Morecambe and Northampton follows the appointment of Marc Tierney as head of football operations, Mark Hughes staying on as manager, and Paul Hart joining the club's board in an advisory capacity."Martin has a proven track record of unearthing players who punch above their weight," Carlisle's chairman Tom Piatak said, external."His experience, contacts, and instincts will be vital as we reshape the squad with ambition and purpose." Carlisle will play in the National League for the first time in 20 years following successive bringing in Foyle, who has managed over 400 games with Port Vale, York City and Hereford United is another part of the rebuild after the club undertook a post-season review into what had gone Foyle, Piatak added: "We're thrilled to bring in someone who knows how to identify value in the market and help build winning teams."The club's review stated that recruitment "had not met expectations" during the three previous transfer issues have been addressed with sporting director Rob Clarkson leaving the club and Tierney moving from fellow National League side Altrincham to take up his new position.
BBC News
13-06-2025
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- BBC News
What is Robinson's 'driving force' with St Mirren?
St Mirren head coach Steven Robinson hopes to use Aberdeen's Scottish Cup success and the celebrations that followed as inspiration as he eyes up similar scenes in Paisley next season."When you're in Scotland, you probably have to accept that you're not going to win the league, if you're realistic" Robinson said."But, you can always win a cup. You need a bit of luck, you need a good draw, or get a good run and I've not managed that at St Mirren."[Aberdeen winning the Scottish Cup] is good for Scottish football. It was good to see."I've been to finals twice with Motherwell and I saw what it did to the town, the togetherness it brought, so that is certainly a driving force."My head of recruitment Martin Foyle said 'you could do with a cup run' and I'm like 'thanks Martin, I know that and we're trying'."It's something that will drive us forward and it is one of our aims."Read more from Liam's interview with Robinson here.
