Conor McCormack goes from Super Hoop to Cork City's action man

Cork City midfielder Conor McCormack admits he still has a soft spot for Shamrock Rovers but there will be no mood for sentiment from the league leaders at Turner’s Cross tonight.

It was at Rovers Co Louth man McCormack began his League of Ireland career, after spells at Manchester United and Italian Serie B side Triestina. Having left Carlingford for Old Trafford as a teenager, then moving to Italy, McCormack became a hit at Tallaght Stadium under then Rovers boss Michael O’Neill.

“I’d a good couple of years there,” said McCormack. “I won a couple of trophies and I enjoyed my time there. There’s still people I talk to there so the reception is not too bad when I go back. That was my first year when I came back to the League of Ireland. We won the league that year and the Setanta Cup.”