Barnsley coach Conor Hourihane discusses his decision to retire from playing.
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00:00Mixed really, I suppose, you know, it's obviously very disappointing. I suppose that I'm at
00:12this stage, here we are, kind of thing after all the years. It's, you know, a little bit
00:17emotional I suppose, you know, thinking about all the fond memories and how quick the years
00:21have gone and, you know, very fortunate at the same time to have, you know, done okay
00:26for the career that I've had and then, you know, huge excitement as well I suppose at
00:29the same time. So, you know, the mixed emotions is, you know, thinking back on my playing
00:34career but really excited for the future. Obviously, I've touched on that numerous times
00:37since I've been at the club and since when I signed in the summer and, yeah, it's a really
00:41exciting chance and opportunity the club have given me now full-time. Very fortunate to
00:45have been given this role and, you know, to go straight from retiring straight into the
00:50role that I've been given is really fortunate and I can only thank, you know, the people
00:55at the club, Nia Rav, Maladin, Daryl, the manager of course, for trusting me in this
01:00role and to hit it head on really and make big strides and big steps into the coaching world.