Coach of Faroe Islands
On 6 April 2009, Brian Kerr was confirmed as head coach of the Faroe Islands national football team. He stated on the Irish talk show Tubridy Tonight that the Faroese language was '50% Norwegian, 50% Gaeilge'. His first game as manager was on 10 June 2009 against Serbia in Tórshavn, in which they lost 0–2.
Brian's assessment of his squad: Apart from four players who play full-time in Denmark and another in Iceland the rest of Kerr’s 22-man squad is made up of part-time players who are either working or studying. “We have four carpenters, at least six full-time students – one of them had to fly to Copenhagen and back for an exam this week – two policemen, an accountant, one fella works in a sports shop, two teachers, Andreas works in a bowling alley, and he’s doing a bit of carpentry as well. Simun is full-time in Iceland, Suni works in a fish factory, I think Frodi’s a builder, Jakup is a teacher but he’s on the town council as well, he’s like a TD. That’s kind of the run of it. The pool is quite limited, there’s no one at Milan we’ve missed out on. The Granny Rule isn’t much help either, the Faroese haven’t been huge at emigration.”
On 9 September 2009, the Faroe Islands won 2–1 against Lithuania in a 2010 World Cup qualifying game, their first World Cup qualifying win since September 2001. On 17 November 2009, a documentary aired on RTE called 'Away with the Faroes', about Kerr taking over as the Faroes boss.
On 12 October 2010, the Faroe Islands draw 1–1 against Northern Ireland in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier for their first point of the qualifying campaign. This point was built upon with a 2–0 win over Estonia on 7 June 2011. The win still left Faroe Islands bottom of the table, but with 4 points. On October 26, 2011, Brian Kerr stepped down as coach of the Faroese national team, after Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF) announced that "it was not possible to agree a new contract with Brian Kerr".
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