Congratulations Cork City

[Ezeikial]

Well done Cork

[osarusan]

Well done Cork.

It's better if the team that wins the league is the team that is playing the best football at the end of the season rather than falling over the line. That's not the case here but hey, 3 points is 3 points any time in the season.

[ArFella]

Well done Cork

Yes congratulations Cork, two 0-0 draws to win the title, worthy champions :P

All joking aside, fair play lads and enjoy the spoils of victory. Looking forward to the challenge you will no doubt pose in the cup final and the league next season.

[TonyD]

Bit of an underwhelming finish reallly, given the start they had. No question that they deserve it though. As they say the table doesn't lie. I've been lucky enough to experience the feeling as a supporter on a few occasions, and it's a great feeling. Enjoy it lads, and take Friday off as a bonus ��

[jinxy lilywhite]

Well done Cork. Best team over the course of the year.
Don't get used to it ;)

[Mr A]

Well done Cork City. Great to see what has been achieved there by FORAS etc. Great to see a fan owned club win rather than some rich lad's plaything.

[CorribsideSteve]

It can sometimes be a tough watch when Cork City are on the box. Its quite often rudimentary, its route one, aimless punts etc. But when the chips were down, they were too good for Dundalk across most matches this year, and that's been the biggest difference, apart from that lad who went to Preston, cant think of his name right now ;).They are not a purist's idea of an attractive football team, but they are Champions regardless and, they deserve congratulations, especially after coming so close being runners up twice in a row.

[Candystripe]

Congratulations Cork, finally got over the line.

Also delighted that Derry City have qualified for Europe again after what has been a crazy season playing every away from home and the loss of our captain Ryan.

[WoodquayBoy]

Congrats City, well deserved - even if us United fans were hoping ye’d wait until Friday to do it.
Edit- and congrats to Derry as well after what was a horrific season for them given the loss of Ryan

[DannyInvincible]

The manner in which Cork eventually stumbled over the line was somewhat anticlimactic, but they had still done the necessary work over the course of the entire season to merit their achievement and that's what matters, so fair play. Congratulations are in order.

[dong]

Well done Cork. Fantastic achievement. Enjoy the celebrations.

[ger121]

Certainly a season of two halves. One with Seani and the other without. Better late than never I suppose.

[patrickccfc]

Most random thing tonight. Alf Stewart from home and away sending his congratulations
https://twitter.com/dyjaho/status/920415988344152065

[Real ale Madrid]

I was working in Belgium during the last days of the Tom Coughlan era - I remember him going on Local radio on a cold February morning in 2010 and after 20 mins of incoherable ranting and raving , Cllr. Johnathan O'Brien ( Now TD ) came on after and called him a lunatic - that day was the bottom of the mountain - tonight we reached the summit. Without the people who took the club on, supporters, nothing would have followed.

I think we will remember the first 2/3rds of the season - 22 games - 21 wins, 1 draw - phenomenal. The stick the team is getting on social media will drive them on to the double. Dundalk hold no fears based on the game a few weeks back and it will be interesting to see what the future holds after that.

A word for the outgoing champions - in my opinion the best team this country has produced and it took a superhuman effort over that first 22 games to wrangle the title from them - even if we even took 2 points less over the first 22 games it probably wouldn't have been enough - huge admiration for them. Roll on the 5th of Nov.

[Charlie Darwin]

Well done Cork - best team over the season won it.

[sbgawa]

I think your right the lack of credit that the team excluding Maguire are getting is bound to be a motivation for next year. I'd settle for a league win with 1 off our left backs arse in the last minute next year and to hell with the social media stick 😀 congrats. Roll on next season.

[samhaydenjr]

Well done to everyone involved in the club - the players, the manager and most of all, the fans who took over the club at its lowest ebb and took it to its greatest heights. As they say would here in North America, when life gave the fans lemons, they turned it into lemonade. Now we need to find another talented young striker cast aside by the English system so we can make a good go at emulating Dundalk.

[Yossarian]

Well done to Cork. You can't beat the feeling of watching your team win the title. The best team always wins the league and even though it's been a stuttering finish you can't argue. The phenomenal first two series of games won the title and like all good champions you did enough over the last series to seal it. Now is the time for the fans to enjoy the glory and celebrate. You can worry about next season in a few weeks.

[Pablo Escobar]

Thanks all. It's nice to put it to bed, but stuttering at the end and a 0-0 draw to win it does make it a little bit anticlimactic. This is probably due to the fact that in our heads it was probably won weeks ago. A loss last night and I would have got the serious jitters.

On form, we'll rightly be underdogs for the final, but it's anyone's game on the day. My money is on another 0-0 :D

[Martinho II]

congrats to cork city on finally winning the league! some achievement considering they shared the same division with us for two years seven years ago!

[Straightstory]

Congrats to Cork. Very impressed by the Alan Bennet interview after the match. A true captain; a true leader. Definitely an aura of greatness about him - and some kind words about Ryan McBride. Glad to see someone like that get rewarded.

[seand]

Well done Cork City, deserved winners overall. And really who gives a flying fcuk how it was won.... it was won with 2 games to spare. I'd take it. There was always going to be a sticky period, with or without Maguire, Cork had more than enough in reserve to have a mega-stumble and still finish a distance ahead of Dundalk and a country mile ahead of the peloton.

I'd almost not begrudge the Foras boys and everyone who stood by them through the tough times.

And while the football can be a bit grim at times, John Caulfield can rub people up the wrong way and, well, it's Cork, I can't help but be filled with admiration for this league title win. Dundalk have been phenomenal for the past few years, so Cork said feck it, we'll just have to be even more phenomenal. And they were for two thirds of a season anyway! Not many teams have the balls to do that. The contrast with Mayo GAA, for example is stark. After another loss to Dublin this year the general attitude seemed to be 'ah sure it wasn't to be our years, the Dubs are phenomenal, etc'. It would have been easy for Cork to keep plodding along, win a cup, qualify for Europe, admire Dundalk from a distance. Feck that, Cork raised their game by a couple of levels, and grabbed their bit of history. Legendary stuff.

Can't wait for the cup final and next season.

[El-Pietro]

It can sometimes be a tough watch when Cork City are on the box. Its quite often rudimentary, its route one, aimless punts etc. But when the chips were down, they were too good for Dundalk across most matches this year, and that's been the biggest difference, apart from that lad who went to Preston, cant think of his name right now ;).They are not a purist's idea of an attractive football team, but they are Champions regardless and, they deserve congratulations, especially after coming so close being runners up twice in a row.
Three times in a row. 2014, 2015 and 2016. Every year JC has had us in the top two, after taking over a team in 6th.


Congrats City, well deserved - even if us United fans were hoping ye’d wait until Friday to do it.
Edit- and congrats to Derry as well after what was a horrific season for them given the loss of Ryan
I imagine the players had a great night last night but hopefully we can put in a performance on Friday. I for one have never forgiven Pats for 98/99!


Well done Cork City, deserved winners overall. And really who gives a flying fcuk how it was won.... it was won with 2 games to spare. I'd take it. There was always going to be a sticky period, with or without Maguire, Cork had more than enough in reserve to have a mega-stumble and still finish a distance ahead of Dundalk and a country mile ahead of the peloton.

I'd almost not begrudge the Foras boys and everyone who stood by them through the tough times.

And while the football can be a bit grim at times, John Caulfield can rub people up the wrong way and, well, it's Cork, I can't help but be filled with admiration for this league title win. Dundalk have been phenomenal for the past few years, so Cork said feck it, we'll just have to be even more phenomenal. And they were for two thirds of a season anyway! Not many teams have the balls to do that. The contrast with Mayo GAA, for example is stark. After another loss to Dublin this year the general attitude seemed to be 'ah sure it wasn't to be our years, the Dubs are phenomenal, etc'. It would have been easy for Cork to keep plodding along, win a cup, qualify for Europe, admire Dundalk from a distance. Feck that, Cork raised their game by a couple of levels, and grabbed their bit of history. Legendary stuff.

Can't wait for the cup final and next season.

Any team that lost their best player mid way through the season would struggle. Take Twigg out of the Rovers teams of 2010/11 would they have still won the league? Hoban from Dundalk in 2014, Towell in 2015, Horgan in 2016? Dundalk have struggled this year, it took them half a season to get going. We stumbled over the line in the end but our incredible start gave us the ability to do that. It doesn't matter what order you get the points in so long as you get them.
We have a lot of work to do ahead of next season but we're going to enjoy the next couple of weeks. Cup final to come of course which would really put the icing on the cake that is such an amazing season. Champions at last!

[oriel]

Congrats to Cork, it was always going to take a huge effort stopping Dundalk in their quest for 4-in-a-row and they not only took their opportunity with Dlk's poor start but they blew everyone away in the first 22 games and probably more.

I think the gap was 21 points (for a few days) at one stage so Dlk did very well to claw it back to 7 points but no prizes for second, and no one will care about how it was won, Cork fully deserved this league title.

Enjoy the celebrations, and keep the party going right up to Sat 4th November too if you can.

[micls]

Congrats to Cork, it was always going to take a huge effort stopping Dundalk in their quest for 4-in-a-row and they not only took their opportunity with Dlk's poor start but they blew everyone away in the first 22 games and probably more.

I think the gap was 21 points (for a few days) at one stage so Dlk did very well to claw it back to 7 points but no prizes for second, and no one will care about how it was won, Cork fully deserved this league title.

Enjoy the celebrations, and keep the party going right up to Sat 4th November too if you can.

Thats what we did the last time we won the league! And then didn't turn up for the cup final. Hopefully the lads want a first double as much as the fans do.

[CorribsideSteve]

Three times in a row. 2014, 2015 and 2016. Every year JC has had us in the top two, after taking over a team in 6th.



Ah yes, you're right. That puts it into an even greater significance.

I only wish that the football was a bit more adventurous under Caulfield, but, it also has to be acknowlegded that this doesn't always lead to success. A good example of this was they way they played vs Larnaca last summer.

You could argue Cyprus is on a better footing overall compared to LOI and thus of a higher skill level comparatively,but Cork looked frozen in the moment of the ties and played massively within themselves and went out, aimless passing, a total lack of ideas on what to do next etc. A lot of their recent League performances seem to bear this type of approach also. A new forward and a more positive attacking purpose next season may see them as a real contender to retain the title.

Just my opinion, and it's open to criticism.

Overall though, they deserved the title based on the entirety of the season. And it's nice to see a through and through Cork man get a title as a Manager of his hometown club. There is still room in the beautiful game for such sentiment.

[redarmyfaction]

Well done Cork, may the revival continue against Pats this weekend.

[ToberonaTornado]

Congrats to Cork City and their supporters on a fully deserved league title.

Looking forward now to what should be a classic FAI cup final on Nov 5th.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Congrats to Cork City and their supporters on a fully deserved league title.

Looking forward now to what should be a classic FAI cup final on Nov 5th.

Should be a classic? The last two were awful.

[El-Pietro]

Should be a classic? The last two were awful.

Exactly, cup finals are almost always awful. So another awful final will be a classic final.

[ger121]

And now 52 week contracts. If Cork can't make it work, nobody can. Good times in Turners Cross (Roof damage excluded)

[ToberonaTornado]

Should be a classic? The last two were awful.


Exactly, cup finals are almost always awful. So another awful final will be a classic final.

Jaysus lads take a relaxer there.

Looking forward to another good day out.

That suit yous better?

Last f'kin time i offer congrats!

:cool::D

[Brusher]

Jeez I'm obviously pleased..but I thought the cup finals were enjoyable from my position on the sofa.