Enniskillen Town United announced the return of Ryan Hanna to the club as player/manager of the first team this week.

Hanna enjoyed a successful five-year stint with Tummery Athletic in charge winning three Mercer League titles along the way, after taking over in 2019, but returns to his former side after long-term boss Rory Judge stepped down at the end of the past season.

The former Coa O’Dwyers star inherits a Town team that finished sixth in the Mercer League this year having gone toe-to-toe with Hanna’s Tummery for the title the year beforehand.

He will look to build on their current squad and aim to deliver a first league title since 2013 in the coming year after the Dromore side announced his departure via Facebook at the start of the week.

Athletic lifted the Mulhern Cup this season and narrowly avoided a fourth Mercer League title in a row after 1-0 to defeat champions Enniskillen Rangers on the final day of the season at The Ball Range.

Speaking on his decision to leave Tummery, Hanna said: "It wasn’t anything singular I suppose.

"I made the decision in my head a number of weeks ago that after the season I would be stepping down and stepping away.

"If you listen to your heart you'd probably do things a lot differently because of the people, the relationships, the memories and all that but I would rather leave knowing people don’t want you to leave having all those bonds and those friendships than the other way about and thankfully that’s the case."

When Hanna took the job in late 2019 he admitted it was "a step into the unknown.”

"I was comfortable and familiar with coaching,” he explained.

“I'd been involved in different things with Gaelic and the hurling and different things like that.

"But to take on the management of a football club that size and the first team. Firstly, they gave me the opportunity so I have to thank them for that.”