A good portion of the Cork City squad which will arrive at the Aviva tomorrow for the FAI Cup final will have finished in the runner-up position in the league for the third year in a row.

Trawl back through any of the profiles of David Moyes written over the last five years or so and, sooner or later, you’ll come across some variation of the phrase: “widely tipped to one day succeed Alex Ferguson as manager of Manchester United”.

Colin O’Brien has been granted a testimonial by Cork City after 13 years with the club.