Coughlan ready if needed for Cup final

BEING on standby is nothing new for Derek Coughlan. When you work at an airport, you get used to it.

This time, however, the towering Cork City centre-half is on standby for the showpiece of the domestic football season, as he is set to land a place in the City first team to face Drogheda in Sunday's FAI Cup Final.

Coughlan hero of the 1998 Cup triumph is sweating on a place in the City side as suspended regular centre-half Alan Bennett currently suspended, awaits a disciplinary appeal tomorrow to lift his ban for the final.