OBITUARY: Paul Bannon, striker turned title-winning centre-back with Cork City FC

’A proud Tipperary man... he came in and he settled, he loved Cork and he loved the craic’
OBITUARY: Paul Bannon, striker turned title-winning centre-back with Cork City FC
Fri, 18 Mar, 2016 - 00:00
Denis Hurley

When Paul Bannon, who died last month at the age of 59, joined Cork City at the start of the 1989-90 season, he was signed as a centre-forward.

The son of former Tipperary hurler Séamus, he came to Cork in August ’89 via the Netherlands and Greece after having lined out for six English league clubs, including Carlisle United and Bristol Rovers.

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