Mark McNulty to play 123rd consecutive game for Cork City against Limerick

It would be stretching it to say last Saturday’s win over Dundalk was a day of rest for Cork City keeper Mark McNulty. But he’s had his hands full before and after the 2-1 win which saw Cork claim their sixth victory in seven against their great rivals.

McNulty’s wife Therese gave birth to a baby girl last Friday, on the eve of the top-of-the-table clash, so there was cause for double celebration for the family at the weekend.

You could say McNulty is the daddy of this Cork City side too. The Ballincollig man is a bridge between the old and the new at Turner’s Cross: McNulty is the only survivor from the team which emerged from the wreckage of the disillusioned, demoted, and dissolved Cork City FC to play as Cork City FORAS Co-op in its first match in the First Division, at Derry in 2010.