'Table doesn't lie' - Cleary admits Cork's promotion push is over after Rossies rout 

The county’s eighth attempt at a return to Division 1, since falling from the top shelf in 2016, will, like the previous seven, not be successful.

LOOKING DOWN: Cork manager John Cleary during the Allianz Football League Division 2 match between Cork and Roscommon at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Cork manager John Cleary has conceded that the county’s latest promotion push is over following the biggest defeat of his three-year reign.

A second-consecutive defeat to a side demoted from the League's top flight last year - the team’s third of the spring in total - leaves Cork rooted on four points from a possible 10.