John Caulfield: ‘Everything is in the melting pot this year’

Ahead of today’s curtain-raising President’s Cup against Dundalk (Turner’s Cross 5.30pm), Cork City boss John Caulfield tells Liam Mackey why he’s excited but also worried about the season ahead

This time five years ago, John Caulfield was entering the unknown. Newly appointed as Cork City’s manager, he knew the club and the league inside out as a player and a fan but, coming from a background of management in the Munster Senior League, the step up into Irish football’s top flight was a daunting one.