O’Callaghan eyeing Cork cup glory

LAST week’s narrow defeat to Waterford may mean that promotion will prove a bridge too far for Cork City FORAS this year, but the FAI Ford Cup remains a potential path to glory for the club in its first year after coming back from the dead.

As City prepare to host Monaghan United in the fourth round this evening, the significance of the occasion is not lost on George O’Callaghan, a man who was central to the Leesiders’ celebrated league success just a few short years before the roof fell in on Turner’s Cross.

“I would love to get to the final, especially after the whole drama of the last couple of years,” says the well-travelled 30-year-old. “It would be a nice way to finish the season after all the hard work FORAS has put in. There’s a European place up for grabs and that would be massive for the club.”