Cotter in hot seat as City looking for a bounce at Bohs

From very hard-earned experience, football managers tend to be pragmatic people so, painful though it has been for John Caulfield to part company with his beloved Cork City, it’s probably fair to say that he would hardly have been completely shocked by the timing of his exit.

While it’s believed that Caulfield felt the season was still young enough for him to turn around the declining fortunes of his side, the intensifying pressure for change at the top after eight league games without a win eventually reached a tipping point this week.