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Cork City to attend SD Europe network meeting

Representatives of Cork City FC will attend the inaugural Supporters Direct Europe network meeting on September 5th and 6th in Hamburg, Germany. Board members Mike Derham and Niamh O’Mahony will be amongst fan-owned clubs, national organisations and supporters’ groups from 16 countries involved in the two-day conference, which will be hosted by HFC Falke e.V. FORAS and Cork City FC worked with Supporters Direct Europe and other partners around Europe for the ‘Improving Football Governance through Supporter Involvement and Community Ownership‘ project (2011 – 2013). The network that has grown across Europe since is akin to a business network and seeks to share...

Infrastructure meeting for FORAS members

Following Cork County Council’s decision to lease a 30-acre site to the FAI in Glanmire, FORAS members have been invited to hear more details about the planned FAI Regional Centre of Excellence on Leeside. The facility is to become a permanent training base for the Rebel Army. The information meeting will take part this Friday evening in the Metropole Hotel from 8pm, and details of discussions will be available for trustees afterwards. Commenting on Monday’s announcement at the club’s weekly press conference, Cork City FC boss John Caulfield said: “We’re all disappointed when we lose a match and we’re all elated when...

Cork City FC & FORAS feature in Copa90 doc

If you noticed a film crew working in and around Turner’s Cross earlier this month, then it will be no surprise to learn that Cork City FC & FORAS are the central theme in a new short documentary by Copa90. Based in London, the YouTube sports channel are on a mission to reclaim football for the fans by creating a home of global football culture: for football fans, by football fans. They also recently featured a Bohemians v Shamrock Rovers game in their Derby Days series. To watch Cork City FC – The Rise of the Rebel Army click on the link below,...

FORAS hold 2015 AGM

Just days after celebrating the fifth anniversary of being awarded a licence to play in the League of Ireland, Friends of the Rebel Army Society (FORAS) held its 2015 AGM in the Metropole Hotel on Thursday, February 26th. The meeting kicked off with a Questions & Answers session led by first-team manager John Caulfield, with over 85 FORAS trustees as well as the outgoing FORAS board in attendance. John thanked everyone for their support during 2014, but said there was plenty of hard work ahead over the coming 12 months. He said he is hopeful of challenging for honours, but...