'This club needs to have an identity': Cork City boss Nash on Meyler appointment

Meyler's first game in the dugout will be the first match after the international break, also at home, against Bohemians on June 13.

FUTURE VISION: Cork City manager Ger Nash during the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division match between Galway United and Cork City. Pic: Thomas Flinkow/Sportsfile

David Meyler has never worked with Ger Nash and the duo had diverging playing careers but the pair of thirty-somethings are tasked with avoiding a third relegation in five years for Cork City.

Ten points off safety, Damien Duff’s Shelbourne stand in City’s way of a managerial home bounce at Turner’s Cross on Friday night when the Premier Division season reaches the midway point.