Many might have come to worship at the shrine of Man U but, on a balmy evening when a packed Turner’s Cross was looking its best, the majority would surely have left at the end imbued with much admiration for Tommy Dunne, his players and what Cork City football club as a whole are doing for the game of football on Leeside.

Household names may be few and far between for the Manchester United XI that take on Cork City at Turner’s Cross this evening but United reserves manager Warren Joyce believes several of those on show can make the leap up to the Red Devils’ first team.

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David Thompson steered Blackburn into the second round of the UEFA Cup tonight with a wonder goal to end years of heartache in Europe.