Former Exeter City player and manager Eamonn Dolan has died, following a battle with cancer.
Born in Galway, but raised in London, Dolan, 48, who was working as academy manager at Championship side Reading, first joined the Grecians as a player in 1991 from Birmingham City - a move that would mark the beginning of a 13-year association with the Grecians.
However, his playing career at St James Park would unfortunately be limited to only 26 league appearances, during which time he scored four goals, as a cancer diagnosis in 1993 forced him into retiring from the game prematurely.
Nevertheless, far from being the end of his involvement with the game his involvement with Exeter continued as he served the club in a variety of different roles.
He worked as the club's community manager, youth coach, caretaker manager before eventually becoming manager in 2003.
At this point the Grecians had been just been relegated from the Football League, and as well as struggling on the pitch Exeter were also finding life difficult off it too.
The disastrous ownership of John Russell and Mike Lewis - illusionist Uri Geller also served as a director during this period - had left the club on the brink of financial ruin as the club's Supporter's Trust stepped into takeover the day-to-day running of the Grecians.
Dolan steered the club through what was very choppy waters, as they finished in a respectable 6th position in their first season in the Conference.
He also gave first team opportunities to a number of young players, including Dean Moxey, which played a part in helping to lay the foundations of the success enjoyed by future Grecians' managers such as Alex Inglethorpe and Paul Tisdale.
In September 2004, Dolan brought the curtain down on his 13-year connection with Exeter as he joined Reading as their academy manager, a role that he held until his recent untimely death.
He made a brief return to management in 2013, as he became caretaker manager of the Royals between the managerial reigns of Brian McDermott and Nigel Adkins.
Sadly his second battle with cancer would claim his life, and it was a life which had seen him work tirelessly for both clubs he served as a coach with such great distinction.
