{"id":1350,"date":"2022-03-24T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T11:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corkcityfc-posts.speiredev.ie\/index.php\/2022\/03\/24\/team-news-ahead-of-athlone-town-match\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:42:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:42:35","slug":"team-news-ahead-of-athlone-town-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcityfc-posts.speiredev.ie\/index.php\/2022\/03\/24\/team-news-ahead-of-athlone-town-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Team news ahead of Athlone Town match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cork City FC are back at Turner&#8217;s Cross on Friday evening, as they take on Athlone Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City will be looking to continue their impressive league form, having won their last three games in a row. Athlone, who currently sit bottom of the table, will be looking to pick up their first points of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at his weekly press conference in Bishopstown, City boss Colin Healy said &#8220;We&#8217;ve started well. We&#8217;ve got a lot of goals and we&#8217;ve kept clean sheets too. There&#8217;s a great atmosphere around the place, so hopefully we can keep that up.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It will definitely be another tough game. We&#8217;ve watched the games that they&#8217;ve played and they&#8217;ve been unlucky. They had plenty of chances against Galway. They&#8217;ve got some good players and a good manager as well, so we need to be focused and ready for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully we&#8217;ll have another big crowd on Friday. I love it and the players love it. There&#8217;s a massive boost when Turner&#8217;s Cross is packed, so hopefully that continues.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday&#8217;s scorer Jonas H\u00e4kkinen was also on media duty this week, saying &#8220;We had a little bit of a slow spell after a big win on the opening day, but we&#8217;re back on form again so hopefully we can continue this and keep going. We&#8217;ve only conceded one goal in the six games, and we&#8217;re scoring lots of goals, which is a huge positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We always take it one game at a time, so all of our focus is on Athlone now. In this league, you can&#8217;t take any team lightly, you have to go out and perform every week.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the injury front, Ruairi Keating went off after just 5 minutes last week, and he joins Gordon Walker, Dylan McGlade, George Heaven, Alec Byrne, Cian Coleman and James Doona on the injury list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The match will also be broadcast on LOI TV, with commentary from RedFM&#8217;s Ruairi O&#8217;Hagan &amp; City legend Philip Long. You can purchase a single match pass for just \u20ac<\/em>5<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loitv.ie\/en-int\/playerpage\/1287880\">here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tickets for the game can be purchased<a href=\"https:\/\/corkcityfc.ticketco.events\/ie\/ie\/e\/cork_city_v_athlone_town\"> online here.<\/a> Tickets are also available form the club shop in Douglas Village, and from the ticket huts outside the ground prior to kick-off.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Referee:\u00a0<\/strong>David Dunne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Injury News:&nbsp;<\/strong> Ruairi Keating, Dylan McGlade, James Doona, Gordon Walker, Alec Byrne, George Heaven, Cian Coleman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Last game:\u00a0<\/strong>Treaty United 0-4 City<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>League Form (Most recent game first):<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>W W W D L W<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cork City FC are back at Turner&#8217;s Cross on Friday evening, as they take on Athlone Town. City will be looking to continue their impressive league form, having won their last three games in a row. 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