they never played there. FL was closed sometime in 85-86.
city were formed in 84 and played in turners cross from day one as I reacall. Like Cork united before them.
Really? Please enlighten me. I thought FL was gone by 86 and city formed in 85. so how could they have manged 3 seasons in fL.
Correct me if i am wrong.
i do know however that by the time city won their first trophy..league cup in '87 they were at the cross.
Really? Please enlighten me. I thought FL was gone by 86 and city formed in 85. so how could they have manged 3 seasons in fL.
Correct me if i am wrong.
i do know however that by the time city won their first trophy..league cup in '87 they were at the cross.
no they played there alright, i think maybe for 2 seasons, i have that history of cork soccer book around somewhere, i'll post it up when i find out.
i remember going to the liverpool versus ireland match after lfc won the double at flower lodge in 86, think pool won 2-1. only time I was ever there.
i was also at that league cup win, all the kids on our road got our picture on the echo with the cup, happy days
Really? Please enlighten me. I thought FL was gone by 86 and city formed in 85. so how could they have manged 3 seasons in fL.
Correct me if i am wrong.
i do know however that by the time city won their first trophy..league cup in '87 they were at the cross.
city were formed in summer of 84 if i recall correctly, and played all that season at the lodge and the next season too for sure. Maybe the 86 seaosn as well.
1984 - 1985 After a two-year gap, senior football returned to Leeside when Cork City FC was elected to the League of Ireland in 1984. Former Chelsea and Cork Celtic hero Bobby Tambling was the first manager appoined to the club, but his reign was short at only 13 games. Tony 'Tucker' Allen filled the breach as the club opted to import a batch of English players, most notably ex-Liverpool midfielder Terry McDermott. The gamble averted the threat of relegation to the new First Division, though success in the League Cup was less forthcoming as The Rebels fell to Drogheda United in the second round.
1985 - 1986 The second campaign almost brought disaster with City failing to win a single game in their then home, Flower Lodge and avoiding relegation only on goal difference from Shelbourne. The FAI Cup offered some respite though, with Bray Wanderers, Limerick City and Derry City being overcome as City advanced to the semi-finals. However, all-conquering Shamrock Rovers proved too powerful over two legs, winning 8:3 on aggregate. The return match at the Lodge was the last ever played at the famous old venue.
1986 - 1987 1986 brought the enforced move to Turners Cross. New manager Noel O’Mahony would eventually guide City into the relative comfort zone of mid-table, but the FAI Cup, League Cup and Munster Senior Cup offered little in the way of glory, or consolation.
remember when spain played ireland at the lodge for the cork 800 celebrations? the pitch was like a billiard table that day, looked absoluitely magnificent.
i was talking to a gaa bigshot after they bought the lodge and he told me that when they were extending the pitch they discovered that there was 18inches of topsoil!!! No wonder the pitch looked so well at that spain game.
apparently stanley matthews said (in the 50's) that it was the best pitch he'd ever played on!
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