Kenny Shiels Kenny Shiels Kenny Shiels (born 27 April 1956 in Magherafelt) is a Northern Irish football player and manager who last managed Derry City in the League of Ireland. He spent all of his playing career at different levels in the Irish Football League. Shiels then moved into coaching with the Northern Ireland national football team (under 17s) and English league side Tranmere Rovers (head of youth development). He moved to Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock in 2010 to assist manager Mixu Paatelainen. Shiels was promoted to manager in 2011, after Paatelainen was appointed manager of Finland. Kilmarnock won the Scottish
James Ward (football manager) James Ward (football manager) James Ward (born 25 April 1972) is a football manager. Ward was a coach at Clyde, Hamilton Academical and Alloa Athletic, working for Allan Maitland. He was then assistant manager under Todd Lumsden at Albion Rovers. In May 2013, Ward was promoted to the position of manager at Albion Rovers. He guided the club to the quarter-finals of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, where they took Rangers to a replay. Ward signed a contract with Albion Rovers in April 2014, but then left the club in June. Albion Rovers had finished seventh in the 2013–14 Scottish League