Actually, the rise came after he left. But RIP all the same.
No, he was here at the start of it. Number two to John Deehan when we won the third division in 1996. It was ‘Benno’ that brought in Andy Liddell and Arjan De Zeeuw. He also brought in Brendan O’Connell,who would’ve been a key player had injury not curtailed his playing career.