'He is missed and the annual memorial game is a great way for us as family and friends to come together and remember him'

The FAI Junior Cup winners missed several gilt-edged chances in the first half that could have made their path much more comfortable in this tie.

There’s a page on Instagram called Puddin Boyz which does little sketches about bad Irish radio.

Clash at Turner’s Cross is scheduled for November 17 at 5.45pm and will be shown live on Virgin Media

Their last six games tell the whole story – one laced with unpredictability and a lack of consistency...

Another season, another Manchester United manager looks set to be on the way out due to poor results. But, once again, John Roycroft  points to a rotten ownership and the poor performance of some players at the root of the problem.  

The Munster Football Association will represent Ireland at the UEFA Regions’ Cup this November, with all three Group 8 fixtures set to be played at the Munster FA Turner’s Cross Stadium in Cork.

It was a scintillating team performance from this Grattan B side who dominated for most of the tie as well as took their goals in a very clinical manner.

Helio Inter Cork 4 Doolan’s Cow 4 (Doolan’s won 7-4 in extra-time) In the Grandon’s Toyota Jackie O’Driscoll Premier Cup quarter final clash of the titans between this season’s league champions Helio Inter Cork, and last season’s title holders ...

The departure come as the club counts down to a return to the Premier Division as they look to go up and shed their status as a yo-yo side that goes up and down every second year.

Soccer competition is thriving as it gives youngsters the chance to represent their schools in an 11-a-side tournament

Brilliant centre-half is coach Michael O'Sullivan's voice on the pitch and leads by example all the time

Diarmuid Kelly, Eli Murphy-McKeon and Darragh O'Flaherty hit the net at Knockgriffin Park

Waterloo battled back but Grattan held on

Recent losses to Kerry and Wexford were compounded in Limerick on Friday night

Liverpool's defeat at the hands of Manchester City left a vacuum at the heart of the Premier League that will hollow out the integrity of the game if they are not careful, writes John Roycroft.

It is an opportunity for players to reignite their football careers, prove their worth at a high level and work towards the ultimate goal of progressing into the League of Ireland.

Rams were beaten at home by Colin Healy's Kerry which saw them drop to sixth

Conor Murray will be at the helm again for this year’s campaign and he and his coaching staff has been very busy by going to as many games as possible and then giving over 80 players a chance to make the team.

Finbarr Buckley rounds up the latest action from the Cork Business League

Carla Wards' side now turn their attention to Poland who they play in a two-legged play-off for a place at the World Cup finals in Brazil next year.

Ger Meaney on the importance of the club to the community and building a lasting legacy

A play-off final for Ireland against Belgium or Poland awaits

Leeside will host the second leg on Tuesday night

Ward spared her midfield dynamo the long haul to Kazakhstan for the first leg on Friday

Hall will now meet an Avondale United outfit who beat Leeside United on penalties

Ireland are already thinking of next month’s showdown against either Poland or Belgium for a place at the 2027 showpiece.

Cork City have confirmed that striker Ruairí Keating has signed a new, two-year contract extension at the club.

Greg Bolger was given a guard of honour heading both on and off the pitch as he called time on a 20-year career 

A win would have all but secured a top five finish, but now the club need to win on the final day in Limerick against Treaty United while hoping other results go their way around the league.

Manchester City announced their intention to appeal the independent commission's findings that they funded the club through a series of questionable routes outside the rules of the Premier League. John Roycroft looks at the points of their appeal and suspects they will carry little weight with football fans of other clubs.

Champions welcome Finn Harps to Turner's Cross where the trophy lift will be followed by a send-off for the retiring Bolger

Fran Rockett and his players need to win and hope other results go their way involving other fixtures around the league, otherwise it will go down to the final day to see who finishes in the top five.

ISF BALLYPHEHANE Celtic were presented with the Fred Hickey First Division championship trophy at Ma Dullea’s, Tower Street, last Saturday evening.

Springfield 2 Cork Hospitals 0 Springfield booked their place in the third round of the Munster Junior Cup after a 2-0 victory over Cork Hospitals at St Colman’s Park over the weekend.

A sold-out Turner's Cross saw Jim Crawford's team put the U21 Euro reigning champions English side to the sword with their biggest win in years.

There are days in football that live long in the memory.  For Coachford, last Saturday at the ‘Cross was one of those days.

Jim Crawford's side must beat England to secure a Euro qualifier play-off spot

The Birmingham born coach even wore the green jersey during his playing career – declaring through his grandmother Jo Cambridge (née Wiseman) from Coach Road near Dunmanway.

Wilton United continued their impressive form with a big victory over Rockmount in the Daly Industrial Supplies U17 Premier League last Saturday morning and they were also victories for Castleview and Carrigtwohill United in the same division, as it ...

Bobby came from a famous Blackrock hurling family and was nurtured in the skills of Gaelic games by the Christian Brothers at Sullivan’s Quay.

The 38-year-old midfielder will call time on his almost 20-year playing career in the League of Ireland when his current club Cork City collect the First Division title against Finn Harps at Turner’s Cross on Friday night.

Carrigaline came into this fixture with two wins against Douglas Hall and Midleton respectively and now after this victory they now join Rockmount on top of the table.

Ireland remain in contention in League B Group 3 for a promotion play-off spot with two games left to play in November

The ghosts of 1945 have finally been laid to rest.

Coachford's 2-1 win ends a barren run of more than 81 years since Rockville won it in 1945.

Rhys Gourdie, Cian Coleman, Jordan Adeyemi and Jonas Stjernberg hit the net for Fran Rockett's side

When a run of bad luck and injuries ended his professional sporting career, Denzil Fernandes tells MARGARET DONNELLAN that he swapped his soccer kit for scrubs

Their destiny is in their own hands but they are in a battle with UCD, Kerry, Longford Town, Athlone Town, and Wexford to finish in the top five.

The news that Manchester City will be found guilty of financial doping between 2009 and 2018 will have an impact on the game far beyond any punishment of City, writes John Roycroft.

Cork City go to Athlone tonight looking to bounce back from defeat in Longford

Troy Parrott scored one of the best individual goals ever seen at the Aviva, but in the end, two second half mistakes cost the Irish all three points as they now head off to Serbia to face Israel again on Sunday.

Finbarr Buckley rounds up the latest Cork Business League action

Her journey started when she joined Lakewood Athletic girls as a nine year girl and she spent seven years there before signing for Cork City to play for them in the first year of the Women’s U17 League of Ireland. 

Kilkenny’s Evergreen FC stand in the way of the Cork side making history and ending an 81 year drought for a Cork success

Tommy Lonergan was the hero, though the Irish still need England to do them a favour against Slovakia before facing them next week on Leeside

For the Cobh Wanderers man it was the fulfilment of a childhood dream and the continuation of a remarkable family football story that stretches back 43 years.

Douglas Hall, Wilton United, Carrigtwohill United, Midleton, St Mary’s, Buttevant and Fermoy all advanced to the next round.

More clinical hosts are through to the next round of the FAI National Cup

Ireland can now turn their attention towards the visit of Austria, who top the group with six points, to the Aviva Stadium on Thursday night

Barry Robson's experimental side conceded twice in dreadful conditions at Bishopsgate, but Greg Bolger netted a late consolation with a brilliant volley

Gutsy comeback keeps Rams firmly in the mix for the playoffs

John Roycroft looks back at what we've learned from the Premier League as it takes three long weeks for the first international break of the season.

Cork City's remaining fixtures are all about 2027, with Robson confirming academy players will feature though takeover rumours have emerged

Rams' five-game unbeaten run came to an end with a convincing 3-1 defeat to Wexford at Ferrycarrig Park

The watching world will now turn its attention to the game on Sunday when Ireland face Israel in the Nagyerdei Stadion, Hungary, having to win to stay involved in this Nations League campaign

Munster’s DCT 8 Cfa Carrigaline Celtic 0DCT remain on course to win a first Grandon’s Toyota Second Division title when they romped to a 16th triumph at Camden last Sunday afternoon.

Both sides worked tirelessly in what was a tight contest, but Grattan A did just enough to secure all three points in the end.

The Cobh side created history by lifting the FAI Intermediate Cup for the first time in the club’s history, overcoming St Mary’s in a hard-fought final in which Cummins produced a commanding display at the heart of the Wanderers defence.

The new development provides the underage in the club with a modern, welcoming facility that will benefit players, coaches, officials, volunteers, parents and supporters for many years to come.

Shane Lohman, who is fronting the Monarch Sports Partners group interested in buying the club said, 'Cork City has the most untapped potential in the LOI

There was huge excitement across some of the Cork Youth League's U17 Gussie Walsh Cup ties, with good wins for Rockmount, Bandon and Mogeely.  It took penalty shootouts for Macroom and Midleton to advance to the next round.

Gary McCarthy Trophies Man of the Match winner Joshua Dunne caught the eye with three assists

Gripping all-Cork decider at Turner's Cross drew a crowd of 3,236

Keating's 27-minute hat-trick set up a Turner's Cross demolition as UCD slipped to third in the playoff race

After five games unbeaten, the Rams were defeated at Ferrycarrig Park

John Caulfield looks back at that famous UEFA Cup First Round First Leg tie in Musgrave Park on September 18, 1991 

There will be a new name on the famous old trophy but kept on Leeside after College Corinthians’ victory in 2025

VAR controversies have been at the centre of debate rather than the quality of football over the early weeks of the new Premier League season. John Roycroft thinks the problem is with the quality of referees rather than the technology.

In-form Cobh hoping to make it six unbeaten on Friday day

Cork City look to bounce back against promotion-chasing UCD after their loss to Cobh Ramblers

He acted as a coach, a mentor and storyteller to the many people involved in the club and was a key figure to generations of those people who were involved with the club.

Cobh Wanderers and St Mary’s set to battle it out for silverware in what should be an entertaining and fiercely contested Cork derby.

FR Valley Rangers 4 ePower East Cork 2LEADERS Valley continue to have the destination of the Grandon’s Toyota Second Division championship in their own hands after seeing off the challenge of in-form ePower East Cork at Conna Community Centre last ...

Shandon Celtic 2  Cathedral Celtic 5 Cathedral Celtic won the bragging rights and the points after their 5-2 victory over Shandon Celtic in a highly competitive north-side derby in League 1 at Popham’s Road.

As the senior team welcomed Cobh Wanderers to Everton Park, the club’s brand-new all-weather pitch hosted its first-ever game – a historic occasion for everyone connected with the club and the culmination of years of hard work, planning and fundraising.

There was goals galore across all Daly Industrial Supplies Cork Youth League’s recently with a 5-5 draw between Corkbeg and Lakewood Athletic in a U19 League 1 fixture and Wilton United and Fermoy drawing four goals apiece in a U17 Premier League ...

The result was rather flattering for Carrig, because Avondale played very well in large periods of the game

Waterloo 6  Mogeely A 0 Liam O’Leary grabbed a hat-trick as Waterloo cruised into the second round of the Munster Junior Cup after a 6-0 victory over Mogeely A at the Whitechurch Community Sports Ground.

Rams' 3-2 victory at Turner's Cross was their second over the champions 

The First Division champions lost defender Fiacre Kelleher to a straight red card on the stroke of half time, and Cobh Ramblers hit three goals in the second half to win

'These are the challenges you want, and the players will be chomping at the bit'

Turkish Airlines new shirt sponsorship deal worth £60m a year with Liverpool shows the financial power of clubs in the Premier League, but John Roycroft wonder what all this cash will cost the league in the long run?   

Ireland’s largest county should have a constant presence in the Premier Division but a multitude of reasons are behind three relegations in five years.

With the title wrapped up, City manager Barry Robson is looking at what their young players can offer in the final six games