City win battle but the war goes on

CORK CITY might have won the battle in the High Court yesterday but nobody doubts that the club is only in the early stages of a long war.

The unexpected 11th-hour reprieve which rescued City from what appeared certain death was greeted with relief by club representatives but, having given reassurances that they will be able to meet next Wednesday’s final deadline for settling their liabilities with the tax man, chairman Tom Coughlan was quick to stress a root and branch restructuring of the business is inevitable.

“We’ve got this far but we’ve got a lot to do,” he said. “Like, I’m new to this. And it’s obvious that I made a balls of it for the first six months so we’ve got to learn from this. So the plan now is to get a truly sustainable model. I feel vindicated that we’re here and we’re able to move this thing forward. So many people have genuinely helped over the past while. But we’re in very tough times and we’ve got a lot of work to do to drive things on.”