Alan Bennett says club will have learned a lesson from history as Cork City chase the double

Alan Bennett has admitted that Cork City celebrated well but not wisely between winning the league and losing the cup final in 2005.

But now, with the 2017 title finally in the bag and another shot at the double looming, he’s confident that the new champions will have learned a lesson from history.

“John (Caulfield) will keep an eye on us as well,” he said. “It was a mistake in hindsight but at the time I was pretty young and didn’t know any different. But that Derry game when we won in ’05, there was probably only a little over a week to the cup final. At least now we have a bit more time so that will be good in terms of recovery. And first we have Pat’s tomorrow night. That’s a big game for them and a big game for the league so we wouldn’t do the league justice if we didn’t go at that game fully.”