Missing out on last night’s 1,000th Cork City league game was all the more painful because my first ever Cork City league game was also a win over Galway United at Turner’s Cross.

Bluebell United provided the only surprise of the FAI Ford Cup weekend when the Dublin non-league side held Roddy Collins’ First Division Athlone Town to a 2-2 draw at Baldonnel on Saturday night.

Cobh Ramblers 5 Wexford Youths 0

Airtricity League Premier Division: Limerick v Cork City

MORE than two dozen academics have branded as “outrageous” the president of UCC’s comment that the pressure of providing access for disadvantaged students was triggering an exodus of top students to study abroad.

WE were deeply concerned by the comments attributed to UCC President Dr Michael Murphy concerning access students (Irish Examiner, Dec 21).

WEXFORD YOUTHS advanced to the next round of the EA Sports Cup with a two-goal victory over a hard working Cobh Ramblers at a bitterly cold St Colman’s Park last night.

FORMER Cobh Ramblers player-manager Dave Hill has returned to the helm of the club as successor to the new Waterford United boss Stephen Henderson.

COBH Ramblers chairman Barry Walsh last night welcomed what he described as a “landslide victory” in favour of an FAI rescue proposal that will see the club sell and lease back St Colman’s Park in an effort to wipe out crippling debts.

ROY KEANE has backed Roy O’Donovan to do well at the Stadium of Light after watching the former Cork City striker take his first steps in his Sunderland career.

CORK CITY have warmed up in the nicest possible way for tonight’s Intertoto Cup game against Valur of Reykjavik with a dip in Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon hot springs — a novel and luxurious outdoor experience which had the club’s players and staff in raptures.

Cork assistant coach Dave Hill hailed goalkeeper Michael Devine for keeping his side’s hopes of UEFA Cup progress alive in Prague last night.

Slavia Prague 2 Cork City 0

Cork assistant coach Dave Hill believes Cork can continue their run in Europe despite tonight’s 2-0 defeat to Slavia Prague.

Assistant manager Dave Hill is hoping Cork City can draw inspiration from the county's victorious hurling team ahead of their UEFA Cup first-round clash with Slavia Prague.

SLAVIA PRAGUE manager Karel Jarolim looked and sounded like a man under pressure at his eve of match press conference. And understandably so.

LIKE Prague’s famous Astronomical Clock which, disappointingly, is undergoing renovation in the Old Town Square, Cork City’s stand-in manager Dave Hill is keeping his selection for tonight’s Uefa Cup game against Slavia Prague firmly under wraps.

Cork City assistant manager Dave Hill has vowed to maintain the same approach which has served the team well as they head into their UEFA Cup tie with Slavia Prague.

IF Cork City succeed in putting Slavia Prague out of the UEFA Cup, they might in part have the Slavia Prague of yesteryear to thank for it.

Cork City face a difficult clash against Lithuanian league leaders Ekranes tonight in the UEFA Cup, with star striker Neale Fenn missing.

NZ Maori 19 Lions 13

Dave Hill is expected to be announced as Cork City assistant manager sometime this week.

Damien Richardson will be unveiled as the new team manager of Cork City FC at a press conference in Cork on Friday, according to a report in today's Evening Echo.

COBH RAMBLERS player-manager Dave Hill has shocked the Cork club by stepping down.

DESPITE a glut of injuries and suspensions, Waterford manager Alan Reynolds is hopeful of progress in the derby game against Kilkenny City tonight in the FAI Carlsberg Cup third round clash at the RSC (KO 7.30).

AFTER a 3-3 draw at St Colman’s Park on Friday night, Cobh and Limerick do battle again in the FAI Carlsberg Cup at Pike Rovers Sports Grounds this evening (6.30pm).

COBH RAMBLERS must cope with the inevitable contrast between the high excitement of a game against Roy Keane’s Manchester United selection and a less glamorous contest with Limerick if they are to advance in the FAI Carlsberg Cup at St. Colman’s Park tonight (8 pm ko).

ROY KEANE will lead a youthful Manchester United XI in the Midsummer Challenge game against Cobh Ramblers at Turners Cross in Cork on Saturday night (k.o. 7.30pm).

Cobh Ramblers 0 Limerick FC 2

Dublin City have went top of the eircom League First Division tonight.

Sligo Rovers lead Cobh Ramblers 1-0 at half-time while Dublin City and Dundalk are scoreless.

Cobh Ramblers 0 Derry City 1

ANTHONY BUCKLEY faces a late fitness test as Cobh Ramblers player/manager Dave Hill attempts to plot the downfall of the FAI Carlsberg Cup holders, Derry City, in the second round replay at St. Colman’s Park tonight (7.45 pm).

Derry City 0 Cobh Ramblers 0

COBH RAMBLERS’ manager, Dave Hill, will send his players out to “play without fear” when they meet the holders of the FAI Carlsberg Cup in today’s second round tie at The Brandywell.

LIMERICK face Cobh Ramblers tonight with a huge question mark over the future of the club.

AN extraordinary draw for the second round of the Carlsberg FAI Cup last night ensured that two of the top four teams in the league will exit the competition at an unusually early stage.

COBH RAMBLERS will be deprived of the services of three regular, first-team players because of suspensions when they play the Kerry District League tonight at St Colman’s Park (7.45 ko) in the League Cup qualifying tie.

COBH RAMBLERS’ manager Dave Hill and Damien Richardson have emerged as likely targets for Cork City as they seek a replacement for manager Liam Murphy.

MUNSTER soccer fans are in for a treat over the next couple of seasons if the people behind Waterford United and Cobh Ramblers have anything to do with it.

CORK CITY welcome back midfielder Alan Reynolds after suspension for tonight’s Eircom League tie against Longford Town at Turner’s Cross (7 pm kick-off).