Teams of the decade: Title winners had to backbone our Cork City selection

Goalkeeper is at least an easy call – nobody else played anywhere near enough to have a viable shout over Mark McNulty and the reason for that was his excellent consistency, having had to bide his time as Michael Devine’s understudy.

Bennett re-signed for City ahead of the 2015 campaign and he settled back in without fuss, providing leadership and composure.

Maguire is as much of a shoo-in as McNulty, his 18 months at the club transformational for him and City. While his goalscoring was prodigious, he was able to involve himself in build-up play too and he simply made everyone around him better. Hopefully City can find a replica of him for 2020.
