City battle back to share spoils with Derry

Cork City 1 Derry City 1

But this is life in the First Division and, despite the sun-splashed evening, a crowd of just over 2,000 was on hand to see Cork go behind and then put in a transformative second half display to share the honours with the league leaders.

Cork had to go into battle without the experienced Dave Rogers, who missed the game for personal reasons while, playing in behind the Derry striker David McDaid, youth was given its chance by Stephen Kenny as highly rated 17-year-old Thomas McBride made his league debut.