Glendon ‘Admiral’ Bailey has been appointed head coach of Tivoli Gardens for the third time and will resume duties on Monday, team manager Brian Rose revealed.

“He hasn’t started the job as yet, so he can’t help us on Sunday. He will start on Monday,” said Rose.

“He is familiar with the club, some of the players, so it will be easier for him than a new coach,” he noted.

Tivoli Gardens parted ways with head coach Christopher Bender who guided the team to 11 defeats from 20 games as the West Kingston-based club plunged into the relegation zone in 11th spot on 19 points.

They have lost seven of their last eight games and the former five-time champion will be hoping Bailey can save their disastrous season.

Bailey has won two titles with Tivoli Gardens, the last being in 2011 before quitting in 2014, saying he wanted a hiatus from football to concentrate on his family and complete his long overdue music album.

Bailey, who was one of the hottest dancehall stars in the 1980s and 90s, has been coaching for over 30 years, but will have his hands full in lifting Tivoli Gardens out of the doldrums with 17 games remaining.

They are level on 19 points with bottom-place Rivoli United, whom they will play in a rescheduled game and are one point behind Waterhouse on 20 points. Then there is a four-point gap to the ninth-placed Reno on 24 points.

Bailey started his coaching career at Duhaney Park and won the KSAFA Major League and Jackie Bell titles. He then moved to Olympic Gardens where he also won the KSAFA Major League and the then All-Island Champions Cup 1991, now known as the Flow Champion Cup.

He also took Olympic Gardens to the Premier League before taking over at Spanish Town-based Rivoli United where he won the St Catherine Division One crown and promotion to the Premier League.

He then ventured to Arnett Gardens capturing the Jackie Bell knockout title before crossing the border to their fierce rivals Tivoli Gardens. That would be his most successful stint where he actually won two Premier League titles and two Jackie Bell crowns.

— Howard Walker