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ChairmanPat LyonsBoard of ManagementMick RingErika Ni ThuamaCollin PowerJohn KennedyPat Lyons Alan MooneyWyon StansfeldDarren O’KeeffeChief ExecutiveTim MurphySecretaryJerry HarrisClub AdministratorÉanna BuckleyManagerJohn CaulfieldFirst Team Coach John CotterFirst Team Coach Billy WoodsGoalkeeping Coach Anthony Fennelly Under 19 ManagersPaul BowdrenStuart Ashton

Club Doctor Dr Gerard MurphyPhysio Gráinne Desmond

Event Controller Robbie KelleherDeputy Event Controller Don JonesSafety OfficerCarole O’SullivanSupporter Liaison OfficerDeclan O’CallaghanFAI RepresentativeJim MurphyWebmasters Declan Carey Kenneth CareyClub SolicitorMicheál O’DowdO’Hanlon & O’Dowdwww.ohod.ie (021) 482 4426Club AccountantsWhelan Accountancywww.whelanaccountancy.ie(021) 494 6500Club PhotographersBlinkofaneye.ie

Club HonoursLeague Champions (2): 1992-93, 2005First Division Champions (1): 2011FAI Cup Winners (2): 1997-98, 2007League Cup Winners (3): 1987-88, 1994-95, 1998-99Setanta Sports Cup Winners (1): 2008Munster Senior Cup Winners (16): 1987-88, 1989-90, 1990-91,1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00,2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2007-08A Championship Shield (1): 2008 Under 21 League Champions (2): 2002-03, 2003Under 21 Cup Winners (1): 2004Under 20 Cup Winners (1): 2008Under 19 League Champions (2): 2011-12, 2012-13Under 19 Cup Winners (2): 2011-12, 2012-13FAI Youth Cup Winners (4): 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011Futsal League Champions (1):2009

P7 From the DugoutJohn Caulfield’s thoughts on tak-ing over as manager, and thisweekend’s fixtures.

P19 30 Years of Cork City FCA preview of Bobby Tambling’sinterview for the club’s 30th an-niversary book.

P27 The Waiting RoomClub Doctor Gerard Murphytakes us behind the scenes andlooks at the medical arrange-ments at the club.

P46 Half Time TeamsFor the game against St. Pat’s,wewelcome Carrigaline United andLeeds AFC’s Under 10s.

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Pat Lyons

Chairman’s NotesOn behalf of FORAS, Cork City Football Club and the Board of Man-agement, I am delighted to be able to welcome you all here to Turner’sCross for the opening weekend of the SSE Airtricity League of Irelandseason in this our 30th anniversary year.

We are especially delighted to welcome St. Pat’s, the Champions, onthis occasion. On Monday, we welcome our near neighbours, Limerick,here in an EA Sports Cup fixture.

Since 2010, when FORAS took charge of the club, we have come a longway and achieved a lot. We were First Division Champions in 2011 andmade our return to the Premier Division in 2012. We are thirty yearsold in LOI terms but as a fans-owned club we are a lot younger than that – only four years in fact.

We have achieved the respect of all our peers in LOI and, most importantly, we are respected in ourcity as a serious and credible organisation. All the hard work by previous Boards and FORAS members,too numerous to mention, has put the club firmly on the sporting map in Cork and further afield.Credit must also go to the backroom teams and office staff.

We should be proud of how far we have come in such a short time. We have forged important and, Ihope, lasting links with our sponsors and partners, Clonakilty Blackpudding, University College Corkand the Mardyke Arena, Pain Medicine Cork, The Evening Echo and 96FM.

We are a club embedded in the community and we take that element of our existence very seriously.Our community involvement is reflected in our connections with schools and local enterprises and in-cludes our commitment to partnering with a Charity Partner for each season. In 2014 that partner willbe The Mercy Hospital Foundation, which we will announce in the coming days. We are heavily in-volved in young player development and this is reflected very successfully on the field by our U19s andalso in our scholarship scheme, which promotes education amongst our players and provides themwith opportunities to develop a career outside of football.

As a fan-owned club we are proud to be part of a wider movement that stretches across Europe, Sup-porters Direct, which consists of like-minded groups to FORAS. CCFC is seen as a leader in the devel-opment of fan-owned clubs and has received major plaudits across Europe for the work we have done,especially in producing The Heart of the Game, a manual for good governance in football.

On behalf of all at FORAS and Cork City FC, I would like to wish all the very best to John Caulfield andJohn Cotter and the entire staff and squad for the season ahead, and we all look forward to a great30th Anniversary year of celebrations.

In future this column will be known as the Sounding Board, where the Board of Management will keepfans informed of upcoming events, club news, FORAS news etc.

Once again, welcome and enjoy the games!


I would like to welcome LiamBuckley, his backroom staff andplayers here to Turner’s Cross. Ithink that Liam has done a fan-tastic job at St. Pat’s. He is agreat coach and a great ambas-sador for the SSE AirtricityLeague of Ireland, and it is alsohis second time winning theleague title with St. Pat’s. Liam’sside enjoyed a superb campaignlast year and are an excellentside.

I would also like to welcomeStuart Taylor, his staff and play-ers here for Monday’s EA SportsCup game. It was great to seeLimerick return to the PremierDivision last year after a longabsence. Having another Mun-ster team in the Premier Divisionis a positive, and, in playing atThomond Park, they have agreat facility.

From my own point of view, it isan absolute pleasure to be backat the club. It is an honour tomanage the club, and I wouldlike to thank each and every oneof the people around the cityand county who have given metheir support since I took over.To all of those people, I wouldappeal to you to continue sup-porting the team in numbersthroughout the season, asTurner’s Cross is an intimidatingplace with a big crowd support-ing the home team.

On behalf of the managementteam at the club I would like to

wish Danny Morrissey andMichael Rafter a speedy recov-ery. Both players picked up in-juries in pre-season, and it isunfortunate that both are miss-ing out on the opening games ofthe season, but we hope to havethem both back in action soon. Iwould also like to officially wel-come the players who havejoined the club over the close-season to Cork City FC, and tothose players who have movedon, extend our thanks for theircontribution to the club.

When I took over as manager,we began working on makingsome improvements to thetraining ground at Bishopstown.What we did there could nothave been achieved without thesignificant help of a number ofvolunteers, in particular Markand Jim who did the paintingand Dick and Manus who helpedout in numerous ways, includingpower-hosing and cleaning thestand. We are a communityclub, and having people volun-teer their time to help out withthings like that is a huge help tous. I would also like to thankeveryone who is volunteering atthe games this weekend againstSt. Pat’s and Limerick. If you areable to assist the club in any way,please contact the club officeand speak to them.

As a player, I faced St. Pat’smany times. In the late 90s, our-selves and Pat’s enjoyed somegreat games, particularly in the

1998-99 season. From very earlyon in that season, both ourselvesand St. Pat’s opened a gap onthe rest of the teams in the divi-sion, and we were neck-and-neck all season, but we playedSt. Pat’s three times, and lost allthree. At the time, it was a bittermemory, but looking back on it,it just shows that we were twogood teams who were pushingeach other all the way. We wonthe FAI Cup the previous year,and the League Cup that season,while St. Pat’s went on to win theleague, and we were probablythe two stand-out teams in thecountry at that time.

We want to have a strong com-petitive club here, on and off thepitch. We want our support tocome back in numbers and togive strong home performances.We want to go from strength tostrength over the next couple ofyears, and hopefully put our-selves in a position to challengefor honours. We also want towork on developing our ownplayers, and I would hope thatwe can bring as many of our ownplayers through from underagelevel into the first team as possi-ble. To achieve this, we needyour support.

Enjoy the games.

John Caulfield

“We want our support to come backin numbers and to give stronghome performances

From the Dugout

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I think its fair to say that there hasn’t been as much excitement and anticipation among City fans re-garding the start of a new season as this current one, in many a long year in Cork.

Following on from the very upbeat finish to last season, we then had the announcement that City iconand goalscoring legend John Caulfield was stepping into the managerial hotseat at The ‘Cross. Thesheer passion and drive that Johnny C will bring to the job, coupled with his building of what lookslike a squad capable of challenging at the upper reaches of the league table, is whetting the appetiteof all City fans.

On behalf of everyone at Clonakilty Blackpudding, I would like to wish John, his managerial team,and the players every good luck for the coming season. If I was to wish for one thing this season, itwould be that the fans turn Turner’s Cross back into the cauldron it was a few years ago, when teamsknew they were in for a tough ninety minutes when they came to Cork.

Here at Clonakilty, our Australian adventure continues to gather momentum, with our Black andWhitepudding now available in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, and further afield down under. We arealso working on a couple of other exciting projects, so watch this space for further details.

We will also be making plans to meet our loyal Irish customers in 2014 at such events as MidletonFood Fair, The National Ploughing Championships and other such occasions.

So, back to tonight – lets raise the roof, and roar on the boys.

John GallagherClonakilty Food Company

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Happy New Year and Happy30th birthday to us all! At last ourleague season kicks off on Fridaynight, with the visit of the currentLeague of Ireland champions St.Pat’s, followed by the visit of Lim-erick on Monday. There has beena great build up to this season,especially after the appointmentof City legend John Caulfield asour manager. On behalf of every-one here in the CorkCity/Evening Echo Family Enclo-sure, I would like to welcomeJohn, and wish him every successfor the season ahead. I supposeyou could say that this is the“Year of the Johns” with JohnCotter here as assistant managerand Johnny Dunleavy as captain.Good luck lads, we are all behindyou!

Tonight it gives me great pleas-ure to welcome Foróige youthclubs from Farranree, Aherla, Bal-

lyclough, Blarney St., Farran,Glanmire, Ballygarvan, Green-mount, Fr. O’Leary’s, Club nahÓige Ballincollig and CathedralCairdre. We hope you have agreat evening here with us.

The Family Enclosure Expressmade its first road trip this yearwhen we travelled to the RSC inWaterford for last week’s Mun-ster Senior Cup game, and wecame away with a good 3-1 vic-tory. Douglas Hall await us nowin the semi-final.

As ever, the Family Enclosure isrun with the help of volunteers.We endeavour to create a posi-tive experience for families herein Turner’s Cross. We have flags,drums and, when we can, sweetsas well. We always welcomefeedback as to how we can im-prove our set up here.

As we celebrate our 30th birth-day this year, I want to make anextra appeal for volunteers towalk in the St. Patrick’s Day Pa-rade. We are looking for peopleof all ages to walk and carry flags,wearing your City colours of red,white and green. This year we willbe joined by Foróige Youth Proj-ects from Togher and Bishop-stown who will be dressed up inpuppet costumes representingsome of our City Legends. Forfurther details contact 087 2662202.

Let’s get the house rockingtonight. Let’s get fully behind theboys in green!

City Till I Die and Always ProudTo Be A REBEL!

The Noisy CornerFamily Enclosure news with John Kennedy

Tom McCarthy of the Lunasa Barin New York has shown his sup-port to the club by purchasing amembership. He is pictured onthe left with long-time City fanPat Crowley, who is now living inBoston, outside the Lunasa Bar,located in East Village, NY. Pic-tured on the right is his daughterLauren showing her support forthe club in the snow!

Support from Abroad

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Stats Focus with Peter O’Keeffe

John Caulfield is a City legend,theres no doubting that. Recordappearance holder, joint-recordgoalscorer, Hall of Fame memberand now manager. Looking at ourcurrent squad, his records of 376league starts and 455 league ap-pearances total look very safe.Only a couple of players arewithin striking distance of any ofthose numbers.

Neal Horgan is the closest to anyof Caulfield’s records, his 322league starts would suggest thatperhaps he could overtakeJohnny C, but given his amateurstatus and the abundance ofchoices in Neal’s favoured right-back position, it is probably justout of reach. Maybe Mr.Caulfield is keen to hold onto hisrecord, and that’s why we’ve seenBrian Lenihan at right-full in sev-eral pre-season games! At theage of 34 though, it looks likeNeal will end up falling somewayshort of that particular record.

Hoggie and Caulfield share quitea bit in common as it happens,aside from their longevity in Citycolours. John actually made hisdebut for Cork City as a rightback, and played there for sometime before being converted intoa striker, while neither of theseLeeside legends were actuallyborn here in Cork. John was bornin New York and grew up inAthlone of all places, eventuallymaking one LOI substitute ap-pearance for the midlands sidebefore joining the newly formedCork City side in 1984, whileNeal was born in San Francisco,though he did at least get hisfootballing education here inparadise, playing for Glasheenand Wilton at schoolboy level!

Could Dan Murray be the one tocatch Johnny C? At just shy of 32years old and with 285 leaguestarts under his belt it’s certainlynot unfeasible. If he can avoid in-juries and stay in the side, hecould surpass the magic 376within three seasons; however atthe rate he has accumulatedleague starts since his return toThe ‘Cross it would take him al-most five seasons. Certainly notimpossible, but it won’t be easyfor the former captain.

Danny Murphy is in third placewith 205 starts, and won’t be 32until the end of the year. 171 is along way to go, but he has beenthe first choice left back in everyseason he’s been at the club, andhasn’t made less than 28 startssince his return in 2011. Even ifhe managed to start every gamefor the next five seasons hewould still fall six games short oftying Caulfield’s record; while athis current average of 28 a sea-son he would finish at 168 even ifhe managed another six seasons.There aren’t many 37 year oldleft backs that play every week,but they are not unheard of.

A dark horse for the record isMark McNulty. Like everyoneelse on this list, his chances areslim. He’s 33 and he has just 188starts. He needs another 188 inorder to catch the new manager,which would take him just undersix seasons to get to if he playedevery game. Like Danny Murphy,however, he has been first choicein his position for some time. Hedidn’t really break into the teamas a starter until 2010, and sincethen he has averaged 31 games ayear, so if he can stay fit and inform until just a few months short

of his 40th birthday, he has everychance. Phil Harrington playedinto his 40s; if Nults looks afterhimself, he could do so too.

Most likely, none of Caulfield’srecords are likely to be brokenanytime soon, and if anyone inthe current squad was to do it,then it would probably be one ofthe younger lads, someone likeDanny Morrissey, Andy O’Con-nell, John Kavanagh or BrianLenihan perhaps, or maybe it willbe someone who hasn’t brokeninto the first team yet.

In other news there are a fewmilestones coming up. ColinHealy needs just two more startsto reach his century in a City shirt,while Gearóid Morrissey needsjust five more for his hundrethleague start. New Captain JohnDunleavey will reach his fiftiethappearance for the club withthree more appearances, and hisfiftieth start with just five more.Looking a bit further down theline, Mark McNulty will reach his200th start with twelve morestints in goal, while Dan Murraycan reach his 300th start for theclub this year; he needs just four-teen starts to reach that loftymark.

Speaking of Dan, he is the cur-rent top City scorer in the squadwith twenty league goals, whileLiam Kearney returns to the cluband will be hoping to add to histhirteen strikes in City colours.

15Your City, Your Club.

Radharc na Gaeilge- Ré Nuale Paul Barry

Úrbhliain atá inti, tá an spéir aggealadh agus tá an aimsir ag fe-abhsú is ag éirí níos teo. Níl aonamhras gur ionann sin agustosach úrshéasúir Sraith na hÉire-ann.

Leis an úrbhliain, tosnaíonn rénua. Tháinig John Caulfield linnmar an mbainisteoir nua i míEanáir. Níl aon amhras gur mór-phearsa é i stair Chathair Chorcaí.Is minic a bhíodh sé ag imirt saCross agus is iomaí cúl a d’fhaig-headh sé i dtaobh an Shed. Tá anchuriarracht aige le haghaidh líonna gcluichí is mó agus tá anchomhchuriarracht le haghaidhlíon na gcúl aige, freisin. Tá súilagainn go mbainfidh sé curiar-racht bainistíochta amach, freisin!Tá croí an chlub aige – is mór anmeas atá aige ar Chathair Chor-caí. Ina dteannta, is mór an taithíatá aige le foirne Avondale agusUCC. Níl taithí sraith náisiúntaaige, is fíor sin, ach is fear lán le

fuinneamh agus paisean é. Tápoitéinsiúil ann. Uaireanta, tugtardeiseanna chuig imreoirí óg, nachbhfuil taithí Sraith na hÉireannacu – caithfear an rud céanna adhéanamh le bainisteoir.

Sa réamhshéasúr, ís dócha gurchuaigh a chuid sínithe i gcion go

mór. Is imreoirí den scoth iad El-ding, Rafter agus Darren Murphy,i dteannta le daoine eile. Is léir gogcuirfidh Caulfield béim trom arna tosaí. B’fhéidir nach bhfuilimidgo hiomlán slán inár gcosaint, achis cosúil gur iad cúil, cúil is cúileile an plean. “Attack is the bestform of defence” mar a ndeirtearsa Bhéarla. Ní imreoidh DannyMorrissey le mí eile ar a laghad,ach nuair a thiocfaidh sé ar ais,beidh lán rogha againn chun to-saigh. Ní féidir ach sceitimíní abheith ort, ag smaoineamh faoicad atá le teacht!

Ár gcluichí an deireadh seach-taine seo, s'iad LúthchleasPhádraig Naofa agus Luimneachatá ag taisteal go dtí an ‘Cross. Iscuraidh na hÉireann iad agus é lán

tuillte acu. D’imir an dá fhoireannin aghaidh a chéile anseo sachluiche deireanach anuraidhagus b’iontach an cluiche a bhíann. Bhíomar trí chúl chun to-saigh ag leath-am, ach fuair Patsdhá cheann sa dara leath. Bhíseansanna don bhuille comhscóiracu, ach fuaireamar cúl déanachchun an scór a chur ag 4-2, ag archríochnaigh sé. B’iontach an buaé. B’fhéidir nach raibh foireannPats go hiomlán dírithe ar angcluiche, agus an tsraith buaiteacu coicís roimh ré, ach fós sár-bhua a bhí ann. B’fhéidir nachmbeidh sé chomh éasca ceithrechúl a scóráil anocht, ach táimidin ann dea-thoradh a bhaintamach. Tá foireann níos fearr agPats, ach tá againne, freisin. Staidlán, na sluaite i dtaca na n-im-reoirí agus an Shed ag canadh. Ismó an cluiche atá buaite ag natacadóirí san am atá thart. Níl aonchúis ná féidir é sin a dhéanamhanocht. Is ocáid mór i gconaí í aonchluiche i gcoinne foireann áitiúilagus is deis iontach í an Corn EASports Sraith na hEireann seans athabhairt don fhoireann teacht lechéile. Táim cinnte go mbeidhLuimneach ag iarraidh an bhróidáitiúil a thabhairt leo.

Tá an spéir ag gealadh agus, lecúnamh Dé, beidh séasúr níossona againn i mbliana. Go bhfillean pheil, go rithe an saol linn.

Cumann Peile Chathair Chorcaí –beo go deo.

"Tá croí anchlubaige"

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Janie Sircey thought she was at-tending UCC. The 20 year-oldexchange student found she wastransported to Harry Potter’sHogwarts instead.

“When I was choosing where Iwanted to study abroad, I wouldbe lying if I said I wasn’t lookingfor Hogwarts. I wanted to travelto a far off land to a school nes-tled in the green countryside,surrounded by water where Icould row into campus in a boaton my first day, and most impor-tantly, it had to have a castle.

So, I chose to study abroad atUCC, where sitting on the Quadis the West Wing, otherwiseknown as the castle that holdsclasses. The River Lee flowsthrough campus and the occa-sional currach will row by, withlush green scenery every way youlook. I found my Hogwarts.

After over a month of going toclasses at UCC, the idea that UCCis Hogwarts has only been furtherconfirmed. There are the littlethings like everyone having ei-ther a British or Irish accent, andduring my Early Start program,which was deeply rooted in thefolklore of Ireland, I had an Irishprofessor who taught us aboutfairies and leprechauns, witches,legends and tales of the un-known. I think it’s safe to say thatduring my first month at UCC, Ilearned about magic.

There’s also the unmistakablePeugeot car that seems to cropup everywhere in Cork, and it’salmost always red. The symbol forthis car is a lion on a red back-ground, a.k.a. Gryffindor. Andyou can’t deny that Cork’s colors

are red and white with the occa-sional yellow accent thrown inand the lion appears on the UCCcrest. So I think it’s fair to say thatCork is Gryffindor.

Also, I can’t help but make theconnection between hurling andquidditch. Both games are fast-paced and dangerous and theyboth fight for a shiny silver cup.Hurling, in my mind, is a blend ofall of the quidditch positions, juston the ground, not in the air. Theonly thing missing from hurling isthe snitch.

Then there are the parts of thecity that are just too similar. Littlethings like the word “trolly” in-stead of shopping cart are ofcourse part of the HarryPotter/European atmosphere,but it’s the larger things that re-ally prove that I go to Hogwarts.One such thing is finding out thattreacle tart actually exists in reallife. My flatmate and I found abox at Dealz in the city (DauntSquare, Cork) and we had to getthem.

Another connection is the EnglishMarket — it’s a miniature DiagonAlley. Sure, the English Marketonly sells food and wine unlikeDiagon Alley, but the entrance tothe English Market is where Imake the connection - through abrick walkway that is closed offby a black iron gate.

The largest connections I’vemade have been at UCC itself.The other day as I was walking toclass I noticed ten childrenstrolling through campus. Theywere all dressed in long blackrobes, onto which each had a dif-ferent crest sewn. They all were

talking excitedly to each otherand looking around at the cam-pus in awe, especially when theyreached the castle on the Quad.This is where they stopped andstood in a line, while one by onethey were called up (by the UCCVisitors’ Centre) and given apiece of paper to which the restof the kids clapped and cheered.I think some lucky eleven-year-olds just received their Hogwartsletters.

Then there’s the inside of theWest Wing, made from stoneand reputedly home to a dun-geon, with the door to eachclassroom made like a castledoor. Most importantly, there aredementors, situated at the end ofthe long hallway with a dull yel-low light shining on them. Iswear, seeing them on my way toclass makes my blood run coldevery time (this may have some-thing to do with the fact that theystand right next to the door thatleads outside, causing a draft).

All in all, I go to Hogwarts, aschool filled with commonrooms, dementors, and of course,magic.

A blog recounting Janie’s adven-tures in full while on exchangefrom the University of North Car-olina at Chapel Hill can beviewed here: https://ja-niesircey.wordpress.com/

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UCC or Hogwarts? Compiled by Tom McCarthy, UCC Media Office


30 years of Cork City FC

iN ASSOCiATiON wiTH JACKiE lENNOxA PROUD FAMily RUN CHiP SHOP SiNCE 1951

To help mark Cork City FC’s 30th year in the League of Ireland, a working group of club volunteers iscurrently piecing together a chronicle of the club’s three decades in football to date.

Documented through the words of the men and women who have been involved in Cork City FC since1984, the oral history of CCFC will be published after the conclusion of the 2014 season and will pro-vide readers with a unique insight into key games and events. It will also include a complete statisticalhistory of every game played by our first team, and much, much more!

The recollections of managers, players, officials and supporters will outline League wins, Cup triumphsand off-the-field events – and with interviews well underway, the working group is also looking to col-lect photographs and contributions from supporters about what has made Cork City FC the club it istoday.

Sneak Peak: Bobby Tambling

Cork City FC’s first ever manager, Bobby Tambling, recalls the signing of a player who would go on tohave a huge influence on the club and an early season blow for Dave Barry.

Tambling on starting off and signing Stuart Ashton, Dave Bleasdale and Bobby Woodruff

“If we were going to bring players over, they needed to be stalwarts of the side. A bit like Stuart hasbeen for the club right down to this day - he’s still a stalwart. Out of three we only got one, you know,that we could class as that. Because you’re only taking history off a piece of paper, you know. A ladwho’s been with Liverpool [Bleasdale], you expect him to be top notch, even if they haven’t made it.When you’ve got three you think, well out of three if we got two… but we got one.“

Tambling on Dave Barry’s injury in first league game at Dundalk

“Losing Dave [Barry] early on in the season with the leg was a massive blow for us. At the worst, wethought it might have been a cartilage. I was at Chelsea, I played a career, and the physio was an ex-player, from years before, and very limited. People talk about comparisons with today and our dayand that’s one of the major comparisons that you’ll make. His name was Harry, Harry Medhurst, andhe didn’t know much more than what we knew.

“With Dave… Dave said he was in trouble. It was very painful, and like Harry would have done with us,it got soaked with cold water and “run it off”, like! I couldn’t believe later when I heard that Dave hadbroken a bone in the knee, it wasn’t the main bone; it was a bone in the knee that caused the problem.It just shows you how dangerous it is not to have a good physio. We were amateurs in that area. If proclubs in England hadn’t got much better, you know, you could only say we were doing what they weredoing.”

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the other goal. The most memo-rable moment of the game ar-rived, when at 3-0 up,O’Callaghan nonchalantly nut-megged an already irate OwenHeary only a few feet from myposition in the stand … Ah,Georgie!

After the match, I was buzzingand predicted great things forthis newly-assembled squad …Here was a team to be proud of.If anything, it proved that LiamMurphy had a good eye for tal-ented players.

In the subsequent years, I’vetalked to various other CCFCsupporters about this game, onlyto be greeted by vague nods ofthe head or polite smiles at best.Concerning the aforementionedWho Are Ya? … This segment ap-peared more and more sporadi-cally within these pages beforeeventually petering out, despitea brief dalliance with an inter-view conducted in our nativetongue (Cé Hé Tusa? indeed).

Back to the present and no mat-ter how much Cork City FC fans’hopes (or fears) for this seasonmay vary, let’s all cross our fingersthat the team can provide us withmore magical memories to lookback upon in years to come.

Cork City 3-0 Shelbourne,Turner’s Cross, 5th July 2002Cork City: Michael Devine, AlanCarey, Neal Horgan, GarethCronin, Stephen Napier, MichaelMulconroy, Colin T O’Brien, AlanBennett, John O’Flynn, GeorgeO’Callaghan, David WarrenGoalscorers: O’Flynn (2), O’Callaghan

From about March 2011 to July2012, this programme used tofeature a regular article entitledWho Are Ya? In this piece, an in-terviewer – Pat Healy, asked dif-ferent Cork City FC supporters aseries of the same questions onclub-related topics: All-timefavourite City player? Hopes forthis season? And so on ... But Iused to keep an eye out for onein particular: Aside from finalsand league deciders, what’s yourfavourite City game? Why? Tosee if anyone agreed with mypick, but alas nobody ever did.

To be expected, ties againstDublin sides appeared on a reg-ular basis. 3-2 V ShamrockRovers, 4-1 V Shelbourne and the2-0 FAI Cup semi-final win overBohemians amongst the mostprominent (and rightly so) ...Which brings me onto my choice.

It was the opening league gameon July 5th 2002 at Turner’s CrossStadium. The previous seasonhad ended with CCFC lying in 6thposition in a twelve-team Pre-mier Division. Our opponents –Shelbourne, were reigningchampions, albeit St. Patrick’sAthletic were controversially de-ducted fifteen points for failingto register a player in the correctmanner … Optimism for a posi-tive home result was in short sup-ply.

Change was also in the air ...‘Summer Soccer’ and ‘Fridaynights under lights’ were aboutto make their long-awaited en-trances. Cork City FC had a newchairman in Brian Lennox, un-known recent signings (at least tome) who’d returned from Eng-land and the club reverting teamjerseys from the more traditional

Cork sporting colour of red togreen ... Even the barriers pre-venting access to the DonieForde Stand were removed – al-lowing entry to those supporterswho wished for a different view-point at home matches ... But allthis paled into significance whencompared to the seismic shock atthe announcement of Pat Morleyand John Caulfield’s strike part-nership’s eventual demise.

As for the game itself, CCFC’sline-up contained a number offresh-faced debutants alongsidemore recognisable starters. Shelsfor their part fielded several do-mestic big names: Dessie Baker,Stephen Geoghegan and ourown Ollie Cahill, to name but afew … My own confidence in agood start to the season lackedsincerity. The match kicked-offand it soon became apparentthat these new recruits possessedgreat skill, raw energy and beliefin their own abilities, therebygalvanising the whole team intoa seemingly formidable unit …

The pace of David Warren, thegoalscoring nous of John O’Flynn(pictured above), plus the tech-nique and audacity of GeorgeO’Callaghan (an instant hero)were a sight to behold. Cork CityFC finished up as comfortable 3-0 victors, with O’Flynn grabbingan impressive brace and George

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It has been a long time comingbut this weekend sees the 2014SSE Airtricity League Premier Di-vision finally get underway.

It is now 133 days since Turner’sCross last hosted top-flight foot-ball, when a 4-2 victory overnewly crowned League of Irelandchampions St. Patrick’s Athleticbook-ended a mixed 2013 forCork City. Coincidentally it willagain be the Saints who will pro-vide the opposition, as theytravel to Leeside for their firstmatch as defending champions.

A new season brings with it a newsense of hope and anticipation asfans up and down the country

wonder if THIS will be their year.All that has come before countsfor nothing as every club still hasthe possibility of title glory intheir own hands.

The same is true for players asthey put the tough slog of a hardpre-season behind them and arechomping at the bit to getstarted so they can at last con-centrate on the bread and butterof league football. Cork City’sJohn Dunleavy is no different inthis regard, and when BrianFitzgerald caught up with himahead of the St. Pat’s game, theformer Wolverhampton Wan-derers player couldn’t wait to getthe season going.

“It’s a massive game to start with.When we saw the fixture listcoming out, it stood out straightaway. First game, there’s going tobe a massive crowd in Turner’sCross, the champions are comingdown – it should be a pretty in-credible atmosphere so we areall definitely very excited aboutgetting started.”

An argument could be made thatperhaps an easier start could giveCork City a better chance to getsome points on the table andbuild some momentum, but thisis not a view that Dunleavy sub-scribes to.

“Personally, these are the gamesyou want to play in as a player.You want to play in the biggames in Turner’s Cross in frontof a big crowd. I don’t see it asbeing a hindrance for us. I thinkit’s a great occasion for us to getup for. It will show us fairlyquickly where we are and wherewe need to be in terms of playingagainst a team that have beenthere and done it. If we can goand get a positive result in thegame to begin with, it will be amassive start for us.

“We’re all raring to go at thisstage, we’ve played our friendliesand we’re just looking forward togetting stuck in.”

The game against St. Pat’s alsosees Leeside legend JohnCaulfield take charge of his firstgame at Turner’s Cross, and Dun-leavy admits he has been im-pressed with his new managersince he’s taken over the mana-gerial hot seat.

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City’s newest captain feels theteam has grown and learnt fromthe late goals they conceded lastseason as they look to push on upthe table from consecutive sixthplace finishes.

“I think it’s probably a solidityand kind of a mental toughnessin terms of holding on to a lead.At the start of the season lastyear, conceding some of thoselate goals was heart-breaking inall honesty. It really kills momen-tum. We probably would havehad a very decent start only forconceding those late goals and ifyou hadn’t conceded them, whatcould have happened?

“I think we’ve learned our lessonin that regard, in terms of beingmore solid and being morestrong-minded, and I think that if

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“John [Caulfield] and John Cotterhave been brilliant since they’vecome in. John comes with a mas-sive reputation at the club any-way; he’s a club legend. The ladshave taken really well to him.

“He’s extremely passionate andthat definitely rubs off on us. He’spassionate in everything he does,and he’s very intense and hewants our work to be very intenseand that definitely rubs off on theplayers. If we can bring that in-tensity to the pitch this seasonthen we’ll definitely be a force tobe reckoned with.”

One of Caulfield’s first acts asCork City manager was to selectDunleavy as captain, and the 22year old admitted he wasn’t ex-pecting to receive the captain’sarmband.

“I suppose it did come as a sur-prise when John mentioned it tome. It’s an honour to even beasked to do it, let alone to begiven it. Obviously I jumped atthe chance. I wasn’t expecting itmaybe at my age, but to be askedto do it for a club the size of CorkCity, with the fan base and thesupport and the history that wehave – it’s a privilege. HopefullyI can do the role well in the com-ing season.

“I captained a few teams I sup-pose at this stage, between un-derage Ireland teams andWolves reserves and youth teamsand things like that, so I’m notunused to it. But there’s no ques-tion but it’s the biggest role that

I’ve had in terms of it being a sen-ior club and I just hope I can do itjustice and do the role justice inthe coming year.”

Dunleavy is clearly proud to becaptaining Cork City and whilenext week’s game in Derry mightoffer his family and friends innearby Donegal an opportunityto come out and support him, hereveals he will also have some fa-miliar faces in the crowd fortonight’s game with some travel-ling further than most to be in at-tendance.

“Funnily enough there’s a goodfew of them coming down for thePats game at home as well. I’veactually got a cousin flying homefrom Canada for the match andI’ve got an uncle flying homefrom England for the match. I’llhopefully have a strong supportfor the first two games anyway.”

As the conversation switchesback to on-field matters, Cork

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wins a copy of the programmesigned by the City skipper. Foryour chance to send in questions,and possibly win prizes, keep aneye on Facebook and Twitterover the coming days.

Rob Wyse: If you could play withany club who would it beJD: Real Madrid

Ebor Benson: Now that you’recaptain, do you feel like an hon-orary Corkman?JD: Maybe not honorary, maybean adopted Corkman, I’m gettingthat way. But I’ll always be aDonegal man at heart. If it’sDonegal and Cork in an All-Ire-land final, there’s only going tobe one team I’ll be supporting.

Kevin Mullane: Do you enjoyplaying under the new manager?JD: Yeah, really enjoy playingunder him. I think we’re reallyfeeding off his passion for theclub, so he’s been brilliant sincehe’s come in.

Dylan O’Connell: Favouriteground in LOI that's not Turner’sCross?JD: I suppose since I’ve scoredthat header there I’ll have to sayTallaght.

we can cut out some of the smallmistakes from those games thatcost us big, then it will be a mas-sive help for us this year as well.”

One aspect that Dunleavy doesnot want to understate is the roleof the Rebel Army supporters,and the part they can play in theirteam’s search for glory.

“They’re vital to us. I’ve neverplayed in an atmosphere likeTurner’s Cross when it’s full. I’llnever forget my first home gamefor Cork against Drogheda. Iknow we ended up losing thegame, but walking out onto thepitch that night I had goose-bumps from the crowd.

“I’ve no doubt now it will be thesame for the St. Pat’s game withJohn coming back and it beingthe champions coming down –there could be five or six thou-sand there and it’s such a massiveboost and such a massive help tothe team that if we can start welland pick up a few positive results

and keep the crowd coming,then who knows what’s possi-ble?”

When it comes to targets for theseason, I ask Dunleavy does hehave any personal or team goals.

“I suppose for the team, it’s quitehard to gauge. We’ll certainly atleast have to be aiming for Euro-pean spots. Last year finishingmid-table was probably quitedisappointing. We wanted topush on but different things con-tributed to us not doing so, but Ithink this year we’ll have to be atleast pushing for a Europeanplace if not higher.

“From a personal point of view Ithink it’s getting in as manygames as possible and hopefullyplaying as well as I can and havea settled position. Hopefully wecan achieve something big thisyear.”

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We asked City fans to send intheir questions for John via Face-book and Twitter. Below are a se-lection of the questions sent in.John selected Rob Wyse’s ques-tion as the best, meaning Rob

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each player can alert me to pickup on any possible underlyingproblem. For instance a familyhistory of any major event in thefamily under the age of 40 yearse.g. Heart Attack, Stroke or Sud-den Unexplained Death is vital.The screening consists of a fullhistory, examination, routineblood tests checking for condi-tions such as Iron-deficiency, Hy-pothyroidism, Diabetes etc. Apeak flow reading can help ruleout Asthma and finally an ECG isperformed to give further infor-mation regarding the cardiac sta-tus of each player. They may ormay not require a CardiacEchocardiogram following thisexamination.

During the course of this seasonI will touch upon the injuries thatwe will be dealing with as well asgeneral advice on a healthy diet,a healthy lifestyle, avoiding orquitting smoking, and daily exer-cise. This will allow our youngerfans to be better placed to excelat their sport, and perhaps evenone day play for Cork City FC andhear their names chanted fromthe terraces of Turner’s Cross.

If you have any suggestions fortopics that you would like me tocover, please feel free to contactÉanna Buckley at the club or my-self at [email protected]

Welcome to the medical side ofCork City FC for the gamesagainst St. Patrick’s Athletic andLimerick. The sports medicineteam at the club has been hardat work right through the wintersince the end of last seaon inpreparation for this forthcomingcampaign. Each player was as-sessed and given their own indi-vidual programme of training,nutrition and hydration duringthe close season. This prepara-tion is essential for good pre-sea-son training.

There is a saying in sport that a‘champion team’ will always beata ‘team of champions.’ This isalso true in sports medicine, andwe are fortunate here at CorkCity FC to have an excellent clubPhysiotherapist - GrainneDesmond who works closely withJames Peckitt, Physiotherapist atThe Mardyke Arena. James haspreviously worked at a very highlevel with Barnet FC., LondonIrish Rugby Club and SurreyCricket to name just a few of hissports physio attachments. Weare also priviliged to have EoinFehily as Strength and Condition-ing Coach to the players.

As the club Doctor I myself amfortunate to have an excellent re-lationship with my medical col-leagues both here in Cork andfurther afield. As well as Dr. JohnBrowne here at the club, Dr.Éanna Falvey, Mr. James Harty,and Mr. Declan Bowler areamong some of the highly spe-cialised doctors who make them-selves readily available to me at

very short notice. An example ofthis co-operation was proved asrecent as this week while I wasperforming a full medical on oneof the players. I was unhappywith his electrocardiograph[ECG] report and contacted Dr.Gerry Fahy, Consultant Cardiolo-gist who reviewed it within min-utes and his expert opinion wasavailable to me within an hour ofthe examination. This degree ofalmost immediate access to theexpertise offered by my medicalcolleagues, clearly proves howimportant the club is held in thelives of so many people in Cork.

From a treatment perspective,we are currently treating DannyMorrissey and Michael Rafter forankle injuries. I think it is fair tosay that Michael is ahead ofDanny at present, both in termsof progress and return to play.They both continue on a very in-tensive rehabilative programmewhich fortunately is showingsigns of definite improvement.Unfortunately we will be withoutboth players this evening.

My own role so far this season hasbeen mainly carrying out a fulland comprehensive screeningexamination on the Under 19and Senior squads. This is im-portant to try and pick up on anypreviously undiagnosed medicalproblems such as heart murmurs,Asthma, Diabetes Mellitus orEpilepsy, to name but a few. Thehealth and well-being of ourplayers is of paramount impor-tance to us. A careful personalhistory and family history from

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to part with thousands to buy acamera and lens! So I ended upenjoying the 2011 season from avery unique perspective; thesidelines. Matchnight involvedrunning from the club shop, topitchside and back again! Thegames were watched through acamera lens, and Friday nightswere spent with a cup of tea, pro-cessing photos. It was alwaysmade worthwhile when I saw thesame photos published in thematchnight programme. Sothat’s how 2011 went. The clubshop in Douglas Village openedtoward the end of the season,and I spent a bit of time in thereduring the winter months. Duringthis time, the thoughts of runningfor the club’s board occurredagain. I wasn’t sure what skillset Icould bring to the table, butknew I had the time and dedica-tion, and having spoken dis-

Mick Ring stepped down as CorkCity Chairman last month aftertwo years in the hotseat. He hasnow assumed a new role with theclub, and in this piece, tells ushow he first got involved with theclub, and describes the processthat led to him becoming Chair-man.. In the next issue of City Edi-tion, Mick goes on to discuss thetrials and tribulations of the 2013season, and the new role he hastaken up within the club.

Little did I realise that one phonecall from the club’s former Gen-eral Manager, Kevin Mullen, inthe spring of 2010, would be thecatalyst for what has been a hec-tic few years! Kevin’s request wassimple. A delivery of Hummelmerchandise had been receivedby the club, and was ready to goon sale. Matchnight was fast ap-proaching, and with no properCork City FORAS Co-Op mer-chandise on sale anywhere, Kevinneeded a hand in the matchnightshop. I had spent the previousfew weeks selling scarves (whichwent like hotcakes) and in thespirit of the new FORAS regime,I was only too happy to help outwith a club, I, as well as hundredsmore, now owned a part of.

So, as the club and new board ofthe club found their feet in theAirtricity League First Division, Iwas busy finding mine in the re-tail sector! Quickly learning thedifference between polyesterand cotton, the difference be-tween bespoke and “off theshelf” and trying to figure outhow Kevin was so good at selling.

I almost wanted to byhalf the stuff in the shop,just by listening to him!Those first few monthswere hectic, culminatingin the night when thenew 2010 jersey went onsale. I think we sold overthree hundred jerseysthat night, and while Ican’t remember thescore on the pitch thatnight, it certainly was aprofitable night in theclub shop! As 2010 drewto a close, the focus wasshifting to 2011. An in-teresting day trip to Lon-don, to meet Hummel,followed where welooked at samples for the2011 jersey, as well as taking alook at Barnet FC’s new trainingground (where they now playtheir home games). During 2010,I had got to know the club’s thenboard members fairly well. Thework they put in was just im-mense, and to this day I am still inawe of it. So as the 2011 FORASAGM closed in, I considered run-ning for the club’s board. How-ever, I was in the closing stages ofbuilding my house and knew I’dhave enough work on over thenext few months. Fortunately,Pat Healy and Stephen O’Callaghan were elected to theboard that year and made excel-lent additions.

As the start of the 2011 seasonapproached, I had caught arather expensive bug; photogra-phy! Despite having a new houseto furnish, I somehow managed

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creetly to a few board membersI’d made my mind up.

So as the 2012 FORAS AGM ap-proached, I submitted my nomi-nation paper. Ironically, I hadasked John Kennedy to secondmy nomination, and he wouldlater become the club’s Vice-Chairman during my second yearas the club’s chair. So the day ofthe 2012 AGM arrived. Therewere four vacancies, with six can-didates. Despite all my pre-elec-tion nerves, I was elected, andwhile I will never know all ofthose who gave me their vote, Iam and was extremely grateful tothem. So having worked in thematchnight shop, and as a clubphotographer, here I was aboutto embark on another learningcurve in my footballing life!

Those first few weeks of boardand finance meetings were cer-tainly an eye opener, but the ex-citement of returning to Premier

Division football was on the hori-zon, and kept everyone focused.Looking back, what happenedonly a few weeks into the season,turned out to be one of theproudest days of my life. I wasborn a year before the club wasfounded. My dad was a foundingmember of the club in 1984, so Iwas raised on a staple diet ofCork City FC, Flower Lodge (al-though I don’t remember it) andlater Bishopstown and Turner’sCross. Cork City FC was always ahuge part of my life, and the likesof Davey Barry, Johnny C andDeccie Daly were my childhoodheroes. So on the night I waselected as Chairman of Cork CityFC, I had achieved somethingvery few people could ever boast:I was the Chairman of the club I’dloved and supported all my life!

Of course at the time, I, probablyalong with many others ques-tioned my credentials. At 28,what did I know about the run-

ning of a football club? Fortu-nately the club had just ap-pointed Tim Murphy as a newChief Executive, and with an ex-cellent board behind me, therewas little I had to shoulder on myown. 2012 was certainly memo-rable. Welcoming ManchesterUnited to Turner’s Cross, and6,000 people seeing us beatthem 2-0 was amazing. Qualify-ing for the Setanta Sports Cup inour first season back in the Pre-mier Division and finishing in avery respectable mid-table posi-tion. 2012 was everything we’dexpected both on and off thepitch, except for me...If you hadsaid to me in Tolka Park thatnight we won the First Division,that I would be the Chairman ofthe club within months, I wouldhave laughed at you!

In the next issue of City Edition,Mick discusses the events of2013 and tells us more about hisnew role with the club.


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The Opposition: limerick

Background:

Limerick returned to the PremierDivision last season, after alengthy stint in the First Division.The Shannonside club certainlyenjoyed their new surroundings,playing their home fixtures atThomond Park, and finished in acreditable seventh place on theirreturn.

Going into the 2014 season, Lim-erick have kept many of the play-

ers who served them well in theirfirst top flight campaign for manyyears, but there have been a fewkey comings and goings, mostnotably the departure of JoeGamble (to Brunei) and DavidO’Leary who has landed atTurner’s Cross. Shane Dugganmoved the other way, and has as-sumed the captaincy of the club.

One to watch:

A Limerick native, Shane Tracyplayed his schoolboy footballwith Wembley Rovers, where hewon a FAI Under 17 Cup. He wascapped at underage level andjoined Arsenal as a youth, beforereturning to Ireland.

A member for the Limerick squadfor a number of years, the mid-fielder has always had an eye forgoal and has been in superb formin pre-season for the Blues. He isparticularly dangerous from set-pieces, so City will need to be ontheir guard against him thisevening.

last Ten:

City just about edge Limerickover the last ten games, with fourwins to the Shannonsiders’ three.Despite their good record over-all, City have failed to beat Lim-erick in the League since a one nilvictory in March 2011.

The sides also met in the EASports Cup in 2011, with anextra-time penalty from VincentEscudé-Candau securing a placein the final for City.

last Season:

The sides met on the openingweekend last season also, how-ever in 2013, it was a leaguegame rather than a cup match.City travelled to Thomond Parkto face Limerick, and the gamefinished scoreless.

In May, Limerick made the shorttrip here to Turner’s Cross, and itturned out to be an entertainingaffair, with the away side claim-ing a 3-2 victory. Denis Behangave City the lead, before goalsfrom Browne and Bossekotaturned the scoreline in Limerick’sfavour. Darren Dennehy was thenred-carded before the break fora late challenge, but Shane Dug-gan equalised for City early in thesecond half. Limerick took ad-vantage of their numerical supe-riority to snatch a winner, withDave O’Leary claiming the goal.

The last meeting between thesides saw Limerick claim a 2-1win at Thomond Park. Craig Cur-ran and Shaun Kelly put thehome side two up, with DannyMorrissey grabbing a late conso-lation in what proved to beTommy Dunne’s final game incharge of City.

Club Info:

Manager: Stuart TaylorCaptain: Shane DugganYear Formed: 1937Stadium: Thomond ParkCapacity: 26,500Home Colours: Blue & white Away Colours: Yellow & blueNicknames: The Blues, Shan-nonsiders

last Ten league MeetingsLeague Form vs Limerick - LLDDDWWLWW

02.08.13 Limerick 2 - 1 Cork City06.05.13 Cork City 2 - 3 Limerick 10.03.13 Limerick 0 - 0 Cork City03.09.11 Cork City 3 - 3 Limerick 19.02.11 Limerick 0 - 0 Cork City18.03.11 Cork City 1 - 0 Limerick 17.09.10 Limerick 0 - 3 Cork City 25.06.10 Cork City 1 - 2 Limerick 02.04.10 Limerick 1 - 3 Cork City 19.12.93 Cork City 3 - 0 Limerick

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The Opposition: St. Patrick’s Athletic

Background:

St. Pat’s arrive here on Leeside,not just as champions, but amongthe favourites to repeat lastyear’s success.

The squad which claimed theleague title in style last seasonhas been bolstered by a numberof additions, with the return ofRepublic of Ireland internationalKeith Fahey the stand-out sign-ing.

One to watch:

Who else? Keith Fahey was thebest player in the league when heleft Pat’s to join Birmingham Cityin 2009. His return to Inchicorehas generated much excitementamong the Richmond Park faith-ful, and the midfielder will cer-tainly add to Liam Buckley’ssquad as they aim to retain thePremier Division title.

last Ten:

City’s record against St. Pat’s hasbeen quite poor over the courseof the last ten league meetingsbetween the sides, with only twowins recorded; one of whichcame in the last meeting be-tween the sides. Prior to that,City fans had to go back to 2009for their last league win over theSaints.

While league wins against thechampions have been scarce inrecent meetings, they have cer-

tainly been impressive, with Cityscoring three goals and fourgoals respectively in those twowins.

last Season:

The sides met three times lastseason, with the champions win-ning two games to City’s one. Anearly season meeting at Turner’sCross saw Pat’s emerge with acomfortable 2-0 victory, in agame they dominated from startto finish; Anto Flood and JohnRussell on target for the visitorseither side of the interval.

The second meeting of the sea-son was a far closer affair, withCity taking the lead against therun of play through Ciarán Kil-duff, despite being down to tenmen after Kalen Spillane’s dis-missal. Pat’s rallied, and pulledone back through Anto Flood.With the clock ticking, Pat’sthrew everything at the visitors,and were rewarded with a stop-page time penalty which KillianBrennan converted to end City’sstubborn resistance.

The final game of last season sawthe newly-crowned championsarrive on Leeside to face a Cityteam who had enjoyed a lateresurgence in their form. A su-perb first half display from Citysaw them race in to a three goallead, thanks to goals fromGearóid Morrissey, Daryl Horganand Ciarán Kilduff. A more evenlycontested second half saw bothsides trade goals, but it was thehome side who prevailed by ascoreline of four goals to two.Chris Forrester and Ger O’Brienwere on target for the Saints,while Danny Morrissey scoredCity’s fourth.

Club Info:

Manager: Liam Buckley Captain: Ger O’BrienYear Formed: 1929Stadium: Richmond ParkCapacity: 5,340Home Colours: Red and white Away Colours: Navy and blue Nicknames: Saints, SuperSaints, St. Pat’s, Pat’s

last Ten league MeetingsLeague Form vs St Patrick's Athletic - WLLLLDDLWL

25.10.13 Cork City 4 - 2 St. Pat’s Ath. 26.07.13 St. Pat's Ath 2 - 1 Cork City03.05.13 Cork City 0 - 2 St. Pat’s Ath.26.10.12 St. Pat’s Ath. 1 - 0 Cork City13.08.12 Cork City 0 - 1 St. Pat’s Ath.11.05.12 St. Pat’s Ath. 0 - 0 Cork City25.09.09 St. Pat’s Ath. 1 - 1 Cork City07.07.09 Cork City 0 - 1 St. Pat’s Ath.09.05.09 St. Pat’s Ath. 0 - 3 Cork City13.03.09 Cork City 0 - 1 St. Pat’s Ath.

With thanks to Brian Fitzgerald.

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Isn't it funny how time drags when there are no matches at The 'Cross! It seems like ages ago that we wereall here cheering on City against St. Pat’s and now, thank goodness, it's time to do it all again.

Have you missed me? I've missed you! I've hardly got out of my cage since last November. There's beenquite a few changes since then too. We have a City legend in charge now. John Caulfield is a man most ofyou are familiar with. Top scorer (along with Pat Morley), most appearances, Hall of Famer, with a strongconnection to West Cork of course, and a top man too.

There are plenty of changes on the pitch too. We welcome Anthony Elding, Michael Rafter, Mark O'Sullivan,Liam Kearney, Matt Gledhill, Billy Dennehy, and many more, to The ‘Cross. They join up with our regularCCFC warriors to form a squad that’s ready to do battle.

I’d like to wish the following City Season Ticket holdersa big happy birthday: Shane O'Neill, Luke O'Driscoll,Patrick Barry, Ryan Cremin-Carroll, and Rory Burke, whoall celebrated their birthdays in January. To Zach O'Ma-hony , Alan Barry, Craig McCarthy, Dylan Stansfeld, CianO'Driscoll, Fiachra Goulding, Luke O'Mahony, Rory O'-Connor, Lincoln Kennedy, and Patrick Bullman, who en-joyed their birthdays in February. And give a big cheerto Dylan Fitzpatrick who celebrates his twelfth birthdaytoday! A City win tonight would be a great presentwouldn’t it.

We also have some FORAS members celebrating birth-days too: Andrew O'Mahony, Claire Hyland, Michael Lehane, Daniel Patrick Mooney, Michael Aynsley, andRian Buckley, who all enjoyed their big day in January. To Anna Hurley and Dylan Stansfeld who celebratedtheir birthdays in February. Finally to Sophie Morrissey who will be four tomorrow! If anyone has any birth-day cake spare, please send it to me for my half-time snack! (There are a few season ticket holders that Idon’t have birthday datesfor so please let me know if you want a mention.)

In this photo you’ll see the one and only John Caulfield, me, and Barry Ton-Ton O’Donovan. Barry won myspecial City autographed ball at a charity event in Dunmanway in December. Well done Barry!

Phew, lots of mentions for my first set of notes – please keep me up to date with any news that you wouldlike to share, by getting in touch at [email protected], or snail-mail to Cork City FC, Bishopstown Stadium,Curraheen, Cork. You can also share things on my Facebook page, where you will find me by searching forCorky The Cheetah, or even tweet me @corkythecheetah.

Until next time, stay cool.

Corky’s Corner


Ger Byrne

It’s well recognised that our na-tional team has fallen from itsrather lofty rating of the Charltonera. Since then, a succession ofmanagers have failed to reachthe heights of those days, or gen-erate the same level of excite-ment, despite there being theoccasional flicker of hope.

One such flicker of hope camefollowing qualification for thelast European Championship,only for the team to be cruellyexposed once play commenced.Matters didn’t improve duringthe recent attempt to qualify forthe World Cup, with the major“highlight” being the 6-1 trounc-ing by Germany at the Aviva.Managers have come and gone,with varying levels of criticismand abuse ringing in their ears. Isit fair to blame the manager,though? Could there be a deeperreason for the failure?

For many years, there have beenonly two places an Irish managerhas looked to find players for thenational side; England and Scot-land. Since our best talent issnapped up early and cheaply by(mostly) English clubs, this ishardly surprising. What’s reallyshocking, however, is the verylow number of either Irish or Eng-lish players with any of the topsides in the English PremierLeague.

League of Ireland clubs don’thave the resources to tempt our

Punditsbest and brightest to stay athome, so the nearest profes-sional league is the obvious placeto aim for. The trouble is, unlikethe Charlton era, when most ofour national side played with thetop clubs, our players can now befound largely either with strug-gling Premier League clubs, orChampionship clubs. The latterare certainly not getting the typeof high-intensity competitionnecessary to prepare them for in-ternational competition. The un-comfortable fact is that theplayers coming into the Englishgame from continental Europehave a higher level of skill thanmost Irish or British players. Alook at the coaching structuresmight give a clue as to why thismight be.

Ireland’s coaching structureshave certainly improved fromearlier times when such things ef-fectively didn’t exist, at least, notin any meaningful way. Today,there’s a progressive structure,from Kick-Start 1 to UEFA Pro.

Kick-Start 1 is handy enough. It’sto enable coaches to plan, organ-ise and conduct a session for 6-9year olds. It’s also intended tohelp coaches understand howthe kids are developing, and, tomake it all enjoyable for the kids.The price, at €45, seems fairlymanageable. Kick-Start 2 is simi-lar, but for 9-12 year olds. Price€75. These are the most basic ofcoaching qualifications and

would be ideal, presumably, forthose working with their localSchoolboys League teams. Kick-Start 1 is a 3-hour course, whileKick-Start 2 is a 17-hour affairspread over two days.

Next up are the Small-SidedGames Workshops, 4v4 and 7v7.Both cost a modest €25 each andlast a mere three hours. All verymanageable for the enthusiasticfootball-lover starting out as acoach. Strength & Conditioningis likewise a three-hour affair,and again, a modest €25 cost.After this, things start getting se-rious.

Senior Introduction looks ok; €75for seventeen hours over twodays. Job done, qualification ob-tained, next step, the Youth Cert:€300. This is 45 hours over fourdays. If our ambitious youngcoach is lucky enough to be earn-ing a wage, he’ll need to ask hisemployer for time off; if not, it’salready becoming quite a drainon his finances.

Now it’s time to be nice to thebank manager. In order to applyfor a place on a UEFA B Licencecourse, a non-refundable fee of€30 is required. For the UEFA ADiploma, it’s €40, again, non-re-fundable.

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For the B Licence, an applicantneeds to have held a Youth Certfor at least twelve months and becoaching a team of Elite Youth orSenior players. Elite is deemed tobe, at minimum, Under 14 Pre-mier Division, or Emerging TalentProgramme. The course is com-plex and involves one hundredand twenty hours contact work inaddition to as many as eightyhours on related tasks includingMatch Analysis and LogbookCompilation. The course fee is€1,250 payable on acceptancewith a further fee of €250 oncompletion and prior to final as-sessment.

For the A Licence, it’s a cost of€2,100 with an additional €250assessment fee.

There’s a little sweetener,though, as the FAI website tellsus:

All rates are inclusive of tuitionfees, lunches, dinners (where ap-plicable), Video Analysis softwarepackage, FAI Umbro kit, one yearFAI Coaches Association Mem-bership and a voucher for €150towards a season ticket for seniorInternational matches at theAviva Stadium

Just as well, really, as participantsmight be there from 8 am to 10pm! Criteria for entry to thecourse are pretty much the sameas for the (already obtained) B Li-cence and one hundren and sev-

enty hours contact work with upto one hundred hours on addi-tional tasks.

So what’s our ambitious youngcoach spent so far? €4,490, notincluding travel and, for the Aand B courses, accommodation ifhe lives outside Dublin. They’reonly held in the capital, thoughthe other courses are spreadthroughout the country.

Now for The Big One, the UEFAPro Licence! A mere €7,550,that’s all! Total minimum cost atthis stage? €12,040! Even when Iwas working I couldn’t have af-forded that!! In Germany, the ALicence costs €530, Belgium€500, and Spain, a whopping€1,200. All much cheaper than inIreland. The Spanish also demandthat their trainee coaches put infar more contact hours than is re-quired in Ireland.

In recent years, many League ofIreland players approaching theend of their playing days have setabout gaining coaching qualifi-cations. That’s great, and hope-

fully we’ll see the results over thenext few years in better qualityfootball both from our national

and club sides, and also, betterresults. It’s quite clear, however,that the costs of obtaining any-thing but the most basic coach-ing qualifications are hugelyprohibitive. No doubt there areyoung coaches out there workingwith their local teams who wishto go further and try to make aliving from coaching. One look atthe costs of the main coachingcourses is all it takes for theyoung coach to just not bother.We could be losing coaches whomight be quite talented due tothe prohibitive costs. Any chanceof a price cut, like the supermar-kets do when they need to attractcustomers? It’s not only the inter-national team that stands to ben-efit.

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Coaching: Anthony Fennelly, Billy Woods and John Caulfield on thesideline for the recent friendly against Bandon.

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Carrigaline UnitedUnder 10 Players:Daniel ApantacuAdam CostelloColin CrowleyDerry HowardMathias KampusDanny KellyCiaran CrottyChris LavertyConor LillisJamie MooreJames O'DonovanConor O'FarrellShane O’NeillAiden O'SheaCal PowerJack TierneyDylan Twohig

Coaches:Kieran CrottyDes O' NeillAiden O' Shea

for Friday’s game against St. Patrick’s Athletic

Half Time Teams

Leeds AFC Under 10

(Back Row, Left to Right)Dave Murphy(Coach)

Cian MurphyDarragh O'Connor

PJ O'DonovanEoin Cummins

Adam DonovanFiachra O'Driscoll

Eoin O'LearyJohn O'Sullivan

Sean CroninTony Sheehan(Coach)

(Front Row,Left to Right)Conor O'Sullivan

Zach LynchConor Sheehan

Ross CroninSean Daly

Sean Paul CrowleyKian Cullinane

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City Stats 2014Date Venue Opponent Comp. Time/Result Crowd

7-Mar H St. Patrick’s Ath. League 7.45 pm10-Mar H Limerick EA Cup 7.45 pm14-Mar A Derry City League 7.45 pm21-Mar H Bray Wanderers League 7.45 pm28-Mar A Athlone Town League 7.45 pm4-Apr H Shamrock Rovers League 7.45 pm7-Apr A Limerick League 7.45 pm11-Apr H Sligo Rovers League 7.45 pm18-Apr H Drogheda United League 7.45 pm21-Apr A UCD League 7.45 pm25-Apr H Bohemians League 7.45 pm2-May A Dundalk League 7.45 pm5/6-May TBC Second Round EA Cup TBC9-May A St. Patrick’s Ath. League 7.45 pm16-May H Derry City League 7.45 pm23-May A Bray Wanderers League 7.45 pm26/7-MayTBC Quarter Finals EA Cup TBC30-May H Athlone Town League 7.45 pm6-8-Jun TBC Second Round FAI Cup TBC13-Jun A Shamrock Rovers League 8 pm27-Jun H Limerick League 7.45 pm5-Jul A Sligo Rovers League 7.45 pm11-Jul A Drogheda United League 7.45 pm18-Jul H UCD League 7.45 pm25-Jul A Bohemians League 7.45 pm1-Aug H Dundalk League 7.45 pm5-Aug TBC Semi Finals EA Cup TBC8-Aug H St. Patrick’s Ath. League 7.45 pm15-Aug A Derry City League 7.45 pm18-Aug H Bray Wanderers League 7.45 pm22-24-AugTBC Third Round FAI Cup TBC29-Aug A Athlone Town League 7.45 pm5-Sep H Shamrock Rovers League 7.45 pm12-14-SepTBC Quarter Finals FAI Cup TBC19-Sep A Limerick League 7.45 pm20-Sep TBC Final EA Cup TBC26-Sep H Sligo Rovers League 7.45 pm3-Oct H Drogheda United League 7.45 pm3-5-Oct TBC Semi Finals FAI Cup TBC10-Oct A UCD League 7.45 pm17-Oct H Bohemians League 7.45 pm24-Oct A Dundalk League 7.45 pm

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1 Mark McNulty2 Danny Murphy3 John Kavanagh4 John Dunleavy(Captain)5 Darren Dennehy6 Gearóid Morrissey7 Colin Healy8 Darren Murphy9 Anthony Elding10 Michael Rafter11 Ian Turner14 Jason Forde15 Danny Morrissey16 Andy O’Connell17 Dan Murray18 Kevin Mulcahy19 Brian Lenihan20 Billy Dennehy21 David O’Leary22 Neal Horgan23 Mark O’Sullivan24 Rob Lehane25 Matt Gledhill26 Garry Buckley27 Kevin O’Brien30 Liam Kearney

Manager John CaulfieldFirst Team Coach John CotterFirst Team Coach Billy Woods

1 Brendan Clarke2 Ger O’Brien (Captain)3 Ian Bermingham4 Derek Foran5 Ken Oman6 Greg Bolger7 Conan Byrne8 Keith Fahey9 Christy Fagan10 Mark Quigley11 Killian Brennan12 Lorcan Fitzgerald14 James Chambers15 Kenny Browne16 Rene Gilmartin17 Chris Forrester18 Lee Lynch20 Sean Hoare21 Daryl Kavanagh22 Conor McCormack23 Peter Durrad24 Sam Verdon25 Patrick Jennings26 Jack Bayly

Manager Liam Buckley Assistant Martin Russell

RefereePadraigh Sutton

AssistantsDermot Broughton

Ralph PieperFourth Official

Robert Hennessy

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1 Mark McNulty2 Danny Murphy3 John Kavanagh4 John Dunleavy(Captain)5 Darren Dennehy6 Gearóid Morrissey7 Colin Healy8 Darren Murphy9 Anthony Elding10 Michael Rafter11 Ian Turner14 Jason Forde15 Danny Morrissey16 Andy O’Connell17 Dan Murray18 Kevin Mulcahy19 Brian Lenihan20 Billy Dennehy21 David O’Leary22 Neal Horgan23 Mark O’Sullivan24 Rob Lehane25 Matt Gledhill26 Garry Buckley27 Kevin O’Brien30 Liam Kearney

Manager John CaulfieldFirst Team Coach John CotterFirst Team Coach Billy Woods

1 Shane Cusack2 Shaun Kelly3 Robbie Williams5 Stephen Folan7 Danny Galbraith8 Shane Duggan (Captain)9 Rory Gaffney10 Craig Curran 11 Shane Tracy12 Patrick Nzuzi14 Barry Ryan15 Michael Leahy17 Shane Costelloe19 Barry Sheedy20 Darragh Rainsford21 Val Feeney22 James McGrath23 Colm Murphy24 Samuel Oji25 Tony Whitehead

Seán McSweeney Shane Walsh Paudie O’Connor Ross Mann

Manager Stuart Taylor

RefereeJim McKell Assistants

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