Cork C of I suffer more cup heartache

Cork Church of Ireland’s miserable recent Irish Senior Cup record doesn’t look any better today as they recover from a shock 4-1 loss away to Kilkeel.

The blues, minus the injured Philip Smith and Nigel Buttimer as well as Munster U18 skipper Gary Wilkinson, led early through Andrew Daunt in the round one tie, but lost Derek Hales to injury and fell apart after the half hour.

Two second-half breakaway goals finished the job for Kilkeel to leave C of I still searching for a first title since 1999.