John Caulfield calls for common sense on fixtures squeeze

Ahead of tonight’s Premier Division clash with Shamrock Rovers (8pm), Cork City manager John Caulfield has pleaded with the League of Ireland to take more stakeholders into account when setting fixtures.

The reduction of the top flight from 12 teams to ten has seen an increase in games from 33 to 36 and more midweek fixtures. Of City’s three Monday league games so far, only the Bohemians tie was a rescheduled fixture and Caulfield believes that there should be a greater balance to the programme.

“I think everyone would hope for a bit more common sense, in the sense of the league being extended for a couple of weeks,” he said.