Career
He was previously in charge of Bray Wanderers from 1986 to 1990, 1995 to 2006, 2010 and 2011. Devlin departed just before Christmas 1990 to link up with Noel King at Shamrock Rovers by becoming their Technical Director. However his tenure at the RDS Arena didn’t work out and Devlin moved to manage Athlone Town.
After a season at Drogheda he moved back to Bray in 1995 and steered them to winning the League of Ireland First Division Shield and the League of Ireland First Division title.
On the back of this he was appointed manager of the League of Ireland First Division XI and the following season in charge of the League of Ireland XI. In January 2002 Devlin celebrated his 500th game in charge of The Seagulls. In May 2004 he was appointed manager of the National League Under-21’son
He stepped down from Bray in March 2006 to take charge of the Republic of Ireland B national football team
