'A different type of pressure': Mallow and Éire Óg coming in cold to white heat of Championship

Having won their respective semi-finals on September 27 and October 4 of last year, neither side expected to have to wait eight and a half months for this Páirc Uí Chaoimh decider

Conor McGoldrick, Eire Og in action against Sean McDonald, Mallow when the side's met in the group stage of the competition back in August. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

After a myriad of false dawns, the footballers of Éire Óg and Mallow will finally meet in the 2020 Cork Senior A final Saturday evening at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm, IrishExaminer.com livestream).

Having won their respective semi-finals on September 27 and October 4 of last year, neither side expected to have to wait eight and a half months to step back inside the whitewash for the concluding fixture of last year’s county Senior A football championship.