Evan McLaughlin: 'Cork City doesn’t belong in the First Division'

"When Premier teams are coming down, we’ll need to make it hard for them."

Cork City's Evan McLaughlin at the launch of Virgin Media's broadcast agreement for the League of Ireland. Pic: Laszlo Geczo, Inpho

Cork City’s Evan McLaughlin admits his six-and-a-half hour commute to his hometown in Derry caused the delay in extending his contract.

McLaughlin revelled for the First Division champions in his first year – scoring five goals over 34 league outings – but mulled over an approach from Sligo Rovers in the off-season.