Test Copy of The Leeside legends series: Noel O’Mahony was figurehead of Cork soccer

Former Cork City manager Noel O'Mahony in 1994. Picture: Lorraine O'Sullivan\INPHO

WHEN the list of great Cork soccer players is written, the late Noel O’Mahony, as a player and manager, will be right up there among the very best.

Soccer wasn’t immediately on O’Mahony’s agenda as GAA was his first love where he played Gaelic football with Coláiste Chríost Rí before turning his attention to soccer.