EVEN aside from the looming FAI Cup final against Dundalk and a shot at a historic first double for Cork City, life couldn’t be busier for John Caulfield.
SHE is one of the most experienced players in the national league. She has won trophies at her previous two clubs, but winning with her home-town club, Cork City, would mean the world to Katie McCarthy, and that may happen at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday, in the women’s FAI Cup final, against UCD Waves.
DUNDALK skipper Stephen O’Donnell says he will be sick of the sight of Cork City if his side lose Sunday’s showpiece FAI Cup final at the Aviva Stadium, live on RTÉ2, at 3.30pm.
A MUCH changed Munster side will want to sign off on the end of Rassie Erasmus’ time in the province with a win against Dragons at Musgrave Park, 7.35pm.
DUNDALK boss Stephen Kenny has refused to play down speculation that Sunday’s FAI Cup final could be Karl Sheppard’s last game for Cork City.
FLORRIE BURKE is a name synonymous with Cork soccer in the 1940s and 50s and his name was magic to thousands of soccer fans up and down the country in the good old days.
WEDNESDAY, November 15 will see the seventh staging of the Run In The Dark.
DOUBLE champions, Kanturk, swapped footballs for hurleys during the week as they returned to training ahead of their next big assignment.
CORK’S superb victory in the Munster hurling championship has been rewarded with two All-Stars.
A CORK-KERRY Munster football final under lights at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on a Saturday evening is the exciting prospect for GAA fans, if both counties manage to come through the earlier rounds.
IT was a busy weekend for the Inniscarra senior camogie side.
ONE of the many members of the Knocknagree team that stood up and made themselves counted in last Sunday's junior final against Erin's Own was goalkeeper Patrick Doyle.
NO question but that 2017 will be known in Cork GAA circles as the year of Kanturk.
IT’S a moment they won’t forget too easily in Knocknagree — the sound of Cormac Dineen’s final whistle in Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday.
A CLASSIC this wasn’t, but a wonderful occasion for Aghada it most certainly was.
Prepare to be burned, Denmark!
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Paul Kerrigan had been having the sort of day where the game was passing him by, he hadn’t scored, his marker John McLoughlin had been on a mission to take him away from the action and he’d been looking distracted and frustrated by the time he got the call from the sideline to take his rest for the last quarter.
CHAMPIONS Cork City will finally get their hands on the SSE Airtricity League trophy tonight after the last home game of the season against Harry Kenny’s Bray Wanderers at Turner’s Cross (7.45pm).
SIMON Zebo was yesterday left out of Joe Schmidt’s 38-man squad, for the upcoming Autumn Series as the coach sent out a loud and clear message to the full-back and any other Irish player thinking about a move abroad. Simon Zebo. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
MARTIN O’NEILL says he expects Roy Keane to remain on as his Ireland assistant manager for the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign despite not yet signing a contract extension.
CORK CITY'S incredible record at underage football will be put to the test on Bank Holiday Monday when Paul Bowdren’s U17 team play Bohemians in the national league, play-off final at Turner’s Cross (3pm.)
YOU can be sure John Meyler was keeping a close eye on proceedings at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon.
LEAGUE champions Cork City stand to benefit from the changes to European club football next year.
CORK County Board coaching officer Kevin O’Donovan has said that he is running for the position of vice-chairman so as to offer delegates a choice on the future direction of the county.
IT was another good day for Cork schools in the Dr Harty Cup yesterday with three of the four participants in action making very strong statements.
First of all, football was secondary in terms of significance as the teams huddled before the replay of the Cork SFC final on Sunday.
IT was interesting to contrast the celebrations after the football and hurling finals last weekend.
YOU know the weather is really bad when GAA games are called off, as happened at the weekend.
"I do not wish any controversy to detract from the important work of the Board."
