Four decades of Cork City: Revisiting the reestablishment of a League of Ireland presence on Leeside

Last week marked the 40th anniversary of the club staging its first competitive game, the August 19 Munster Senior Cup fixture against Avondale United.

THE START OF IT: Avondale's Jerry Collins heads clear of Cork City players Barry Heiland and Donal Donovan in the Munster Senior Cup back in 1984.

SUMMER OF 1990 and the imminent revolution of Manchester United was in town to be absorbed by the Musgrave Park masses.

Alex Ferguson had rocked into Cork with his FA Cup winners, melding a squad for Premier League dominance, but his directors weren’t getting their own way.