The day a Cork United player showed how true sportsmen should play the game

LISTENING to RTÉ today and the aftermath of Paris, and how God’s hand is being blamed for our defeat, I remembered when I was a young boy my father took me to the Mardyke to watch Cork United play one of the leading Dublin teams – Shamrock Rovers or Drumcondra, I cannot be sure.

When was it : The early 1940s?

During the match the referee awarded a very unfair penalty to Cork. The Cork player, possibly Owen Madden or Tommy Moroney, placed the ball on the spot and then kicked it out towards the corner flag. The Dubliners’ captain walked up and shook his hand and there was no demur from the crowd.