John Cotter: Cork City skipper will keep his cool in Oriel cauldron

Cork City have no fears about skipper Conor McCormack keeping cool in the white-hot atmosphere of Oriel Park on Friday night.

Wed, 27 Jun, 2018 - 01:00

Martin Claffey

The season will spark back to life after the mid-season break with a meeting of the League of Ireland’s ‘New Firm’ at Oriel Park on Friday night (7.35pm, live on RTÉ2).

The champions go to the home of their bitter rivals one point clear at the top of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division.

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