Cork City boss John Caulfield has hailed Sean Maguire as the club’s greatest ever striker ahead of his last home game for the club tonight.

Alan Bennett’s tweet summed it up, didn’t it?

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.

Dave Ludzik looks at four of City’s best wins at Turner’s Cross...

When model Roz Purcell asked ex-footballer-turned-designer Pat Morley to create ‘that’ blue suit for the VIP awards, it was the beginning of a fashion sensation, writes Liz Dunphy.

Given that he is synonymous with the history of Cork City Football Club, it must be quite the double-whammy for the uninitiated to learn that the club’s new manager John Caulfield was (a) born some 3,000 miles from the banks of the Lee and (b) actually made his League of Ireland debut in the colours of Athlone Town.

John Caulfield admits he is taking a risk in becoming the new Cork City manager, but it was a chance he could not turn down.

Caulfield — City’s joint all-time top scorer with Pat Morley and the holder of the record number of appearances for the club — will be officially unveiled at a media event in the city this afternoon.

The old saver ‘cultural differences’ was suggested; the first refuge of racists and the inappropriately friendly

Jason Byrne joined Cork legend Pat Morley in second place on the all-time League of Ireland goalscorers’ list as his 182nd goal saw Bray Wanderers come back from a goal down to earn a deserved point at Turner’s Cross last night.

They left it late, but Shamrock Rovers did enough in the end to beat arch-rivals Bohemians in the top versus bottom clash at Tallaght stadium to maintain their leadership of the Premier Division table.

Preparations are today under way for the funerals of three friends who died in a road crash in Co Mayo.

IT would have been an unthinkable scenario for the Rebel Army, of course, but Cork City’s George O’Callaghan could easily have finished this season wearing the maroon and blue of FAI Cup final opponents Drogheda United.

Cork City hope to reignite their championship challenge tonight with a win over Drogheda United at Turner's Cross (7.45pm).

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).

IT could easily have been a miserable return to his roots for George O’Callaghan.

CORK CITY have injury concerns about the fitness of leading goal-scorer John O’Flynn who may be forced to miss tonight’s important eircom league tie against Bohemians at Dalymount Park.

Galway United 0 Cork City 3

Cork City bounced back from their 3-0 home loss to Bohemians last week to get back in the title hunt with this victory at the Carlisle Grounds.

Cork blew their chance to go top of the table as their unbeaten six-match

St. Patrick's Athletic 1 Cork City 3

Cork City have dropped out of the Intertoto Cup competition after they lost to their Latvian opponents, 3-1 on aggregate.

Cork City's hopes of reaching the UEFA Cup have been dealt a blow as FK Metalurgs of Latvia beat them at Turner's Cross.

An injury time Eoin Bennis goal helped UCD climb out of the bottom two by the slenderest of margins.

Cork made it four 1-0 wins on the trot thanks to goalace Pat Morley's late strike.

Cork City's Pat Morley has given his team the three points at Turner's Cross against Derry City.