Former managers return to Cork hurling clubs

Two returning managers are among the sideline changes on the Cork club hurling scene for 2017.

Midleton, county champions in 2013 after a 22-year wait for a title, have turned to Paddy Fitzgerald to guide their fortunes in the wake of the departure of Jerry Wallace. Fitzgerald was an All-Ireland senior medallist in 1966 — his son Ger also achieved that feat in 1986 and 1990 — and he was in charge when Midleton won the IHC in 1978.

While he wasn’t on the sideline when they made the breakthrough with a senior championship win in ’83, he was again in charge for the titles of 1986, ’87 and ’91, with the ’87 win leading to Munster and All-Ireland glory.