Glass half full for Cork City

MANAGER Tommy Dunne heaved a sigh of relief after his Cork City side squeaked through against Bluebell United in their FAI Ford Cup 3rd round replay at the Carlisle Grounds on Tuesday evening.

“We knew it was going to be tough,” said the Dubliner. “I thought Bluebell were the better team over the 90 minutes. But we were by far the better team at home, so it’s swings and roundabouts. We had the chances to win the game at home and the one chance we got this time we took it well.”

For Dunne, the narrow nature of the win highlighted the fact that, while Cork City were nominally the higher-ranked team, his predominantly young charges were less battle-hardened than their Leinster Senior League opponents.