Here to Turner’S Cross for the Opening Weekend of the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland Season in This Our 30Th Anniversary Year
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2 Club Honours Contact Us League Champions (2): 1992-93, 2005 First Division Champions (1): 2011 CorkCityFC.ie FAI Cup Winners (2): 1997-98, 2007 Facebook.com/CorkCityFC League Cup Winners (3): 1987-88, 1994-95, 1998-99 Setanta Sports Cup Winners (1): 2008 Twitter.com/CorkCityFC Munster Senior Cup Winners (16): 1987-88, 1989-90, 1990-91, Office: 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, Cork City FC, Bishopstown 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2007-08 Stadium, Curraheen, A Championship Shield (1): 2008 Cork. Tel: 021 434 5574 Under 21 League Champions (2): 2002-03, 2003 Email: [email protected] Under 21 Cup Winners (1): 2004 Under 20 Cup Winners (1): 2008 Shop: Douglas Village Shopping Under 19 League Champions (2): 2011-12, 2012-13 Centre, Douglas, Cork. Under 19 Cup Winners (2): 2011-12, 2012-13 Tel: 085 886 9072 FAI Youth Cup Winners (4): 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011 Email: [email protected] Futsal League Champions (1):2009 Contents Directory P7 From the Dugout Club Doctor John Caulfield’s thoughts on tak - Chairman Dr Gerard Murphy ing over as manager, and this Pat Lyons Physio weekend’s fixtures. Board of Management Gráinne Desmond Mick Ring P19 30 Years of Cork City FC Erika Ni Thuama Event Controller Robbie Kelleher A preview of Bobby Tambling’s Collin Power interview for the club’s 30th an - John Kennedy Deputy Event Controller Pat Lyons Don Jones niversary book. Alan Mooney Safety Officer Wyon Stansfeld Carole O’Sullivan P27 The Waiting Room Darren O’Keeffe Supporter Liaison Officer Club Doctor Gerard Murphy Chief Executive Declan O’Callaghan takes us behind the scenes and Tim Murphy FAI Representative Jim Murphy looks at the medical arrange - Secretary ments at the club. Jerry Harris Webmasters Club Administrator Declan Carey Éanna Buckley Kenneth Carey P46 Half Time Teams Manager Club Solicitor For the game against St. Pat’s,we John Caulfield Micheál O’Dowd welcome Carrigaline United and First Team Coach O’Hanlon & O’Dowd Leeds AFC’s Under 10s. John Cotter www.ohod.ie (021) 482 4426 First Team Coach Club Accountants Billy Woods Whelan Accountancy www.whelanaccountancy.ie Goalkeeping Coach Disclaimer: Anthony Fennelly (021) 494 6500 Under 19 Managers Club Photographers The views and opinions expressed in this Paul Bowdren Blinkofaneye.ie publication are not necessarily those of Stuart Ashton Cork City FC, or the Board of Management or members of The Friends of the Rebel Army Society, unless so stated. Your City, Your Club. 3 Chairman’s Notes On 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’s Cross for the opening weekend of the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland season in this our 30th anniversary year. We are especially delighted to welcome St. Pat’s, the Champions, on this 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 long way and achieved a lot. We were First Division Champions in 2011 and made our return to the Premier Division in 2012. We are thirty years old 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 our city 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, I hope, lasting links with our sponsors and partners, Clonakilty Blackpudding, University College Cork and 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 will be 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 and also in our scholarship scheme, which promotes education amongst our players and provides them with 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 and John Cotter and the entire staff and squad for the season ahead, and we all look forward to a great 30th Anniversary year of celebrations. In future this column will be known as the Sounding Board, where the Board of Management will keep fans informed of upcoming events, club news, FORAS news etc. Once again, welcome and enjoy the games! Pat Lyons 4 Your City, Your Club. 5 6 From the Dugout We want our support to come back “in numbers and to give strong home performances ” I would like to welcome Liam wish Danny Morrissey and Buckley, his backroom staff and Michael Rafter a speedy recov - players here to Turner’s Cross. I ery. Both players picked up in - think that Liam has done a fan- juries in pre-season, and it is 1998-99 season. From very early tastic job at St. Pat’s. He is a unfortunate that both are miss - on in that season, both ourselves great coach and a great ambas- ing out on the opening games of and St. Pat’s opened a gap on sador for the SSE Airtricity the season, but we hope to have the rest of the teams in the divi - League of Ireland, and it is also them both back in action soon. I sion, and we were neck-and- his second time winning the would also like to officially wel - neck all season, but we played league title with St. Pat’s. Liam’s come the players who have St. Pat’s three times, and lost all side enjoyed a superb campaign joined the club over the close- three. At the time, it was a bitter last year and are an excellent season to Cork City FC, and to memory, but looking back on it, side. those players who have moved it just shows that we were two on, extend our thanks for their good teams who were pushing I would also like to welcome contribution to the club. each other all the way. We won Stuart Taylor, his staff and play - the FAI Cup the previous year, ers here for Monday’s EA Sports When I took over as manager, and the League Cup that season, Cup game. It was great to see we began working on making while St. Pat’s went on to win the Limerick return to the Premier some improvements to the league, and we were probably Division last year after a long training ground at Bishopstown. the two stand-out teams in the absence. Having another Mun - What we did there could not country at that time. ster team in the Premier Division have been achieved without the is a positive, and, in playing at significant help of a number of We want to have a strong com - Thomond Park, they have a volunteers, in particular Mark petitive club here, on and off the great facility. and Jim who did the painting pitch. We want our support to and Dick and Manus who helped come back in numbers and to From my own point of view, it is out in numerous ways, including give strong home performances. an absolute pleasure to be back power-hosing and cleaning the We want to go from strength to at the club. It is an honour to stand. We are a community strength over the next couple of manage the club, and I would club, and having people volun - years, and hopefully put our - like to thank each and every one teer their time to help out with selves in a position to challenge of the people around the city things like that is a huge help to for honours. We also want to and county who have given me us. I would also like to thank work on developing our own their support since I took over. everyone who is volunteering at players, and I would hope that To all of those people, I would the games this weekend against we can bring as many of our own appeal to you to continue sup - St. Pat’s and Limerick. If you are players through from underage porting the team in numbers able to assist the club in any way, level into the first team as possi - throughout the season, as please contact the club office ble.