John Dunleavy is a Cork City man for all seasons

Get knocked down. Get back up again. It’s an approach Cork City skipper John Dunleavy has taken through his career.

To say he’s been through the ringer with injuries would be putting it mildly. After nine months out, Dunleavy made a shock return in the opening weekend of the season and is now primed to start against Galway tonight in City’s first home league game of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division season.

The confidence the 25-year-old will have gained coming through a full 90 minutes of first-team action at Finn Harps last weekend can’t be underestimated – and to make his comeback in his home town, in front of his family, made it extra special.