Cork City’s Mark McNulty ‘fed off’ fan jeers

Cork City’s double-winning goalkeeper Mark McNulty claims he “fed off” the abuse he received from Dundalk fans during this month’s FAI Cup final at the Aviva Stadium.

McNulty — who has been named the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland Player of the Month for November — found himself at the centre of a social media storm in the build-up to the decider when footage emerged of him leading a group of fans in a chant of “Fuck the Lilywhites”, as John Caulfield’s side celebrated their SSE Airtricity League title win.

Dundalk boss Stephen Kenny was furious with McNulty’s behaviour which he described as being “out of the gutter”.