John Cotter takes helm for Sligo visit to the Cross

The story goes that Jose Mourinho once hid in a laundry basket to brief his players covertly and get around a matchday suspension, but manager John Caulfield won’t be going to such lengths when Cork City host Sligo Rovers in their SSE Airtricity Premier Division clash at Turner’s Cross this evening (7.45pm).

City boss Caulfield will be watching from the stands, as he serves a one-match suspension dished out after the now infamous rumble at the RSC against Waterford, which saw both managers sent off and two players from each side dismissed in the dying embers of Cork’s 2-1 defeat.

With Caulfield absent, assistant manager John Cotter will be making the big calls at Turner’s Cross tonight and he is confident City have their homework done, even if it is a strange dynamic without the boss.