Cantwell rejuvenated by return to his roots

REPUBLIC of Ireland and Manchester United legend Noel Cantwell will be back in his native Cork this weekend, as the guest speaker at the annual eircom/Soccer Writers Association of Ireland awards ceremony, in the Rochestown Park Hotel.

In the run-up to the event, the 36 times capped Cantwell, who also represented Ireland at cricket, has been reflecting on his hometown, his career and, of course, Roy Keane and the continuing Cork connection at Old Trafford.

"The family home in which I was born is still standing in the Mardyke," said the 70-year-old, who left in the early 1950s to join West Ham.