Finbarr Flood was a safe pair of hands on and off the pitch, writes Liam Mackey 

CORK CITY’S bid to win automatic promotion to the Premier Division received a major boost on Saturday with a four-goal blitz of Salthill Devon in Drom.

AFTER a week in which Cork City was forced to issue a statement insisting that its squad was fully united, manager Pat Dolan still needs a victory over Premier Division strugglers Dublin City tonight.