{"id":207371,"date":"2025-12-23T20:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/207371\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:23:06","slug":"cork-city-boss-nash-steps-down-in-shock-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/207371\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork City boss Nash steps down in shock move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cork City&#8217;s preparations for the new season have been rocked with the news that manager Ger Nash has stepped down with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>The shock announcement comes just weeks ahead of the start of the First Division, where Cork will play, having being relegated from the Premier Division.<\/p>\n<p>Nash took charge of City midway through that campaign, joining from Swedish side GAIS, and while results improved under the new manager, he was unable to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old also led City to the FAI Cup final where they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Shamrock Rovers after the first-half dismissal of Harry Nevin.<\/p>\n<p>The Rebels confirmed the news in a short statement which read: &#8220;Cork City FC has been informed by men&#8217;s first team manager Ger Nash of his decision to step down from the role, with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club would like to thank Ger for his efforts throughout the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ger Nash has indicated to the club that the decision was made for personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The search for a new manager will begin immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nash&#8217;s former assistant David Meyler is among the early favourites for the vacant role, with City not referencing him in their statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork City&#8217;s preparations for the new season have been rocked with the news that manager Ger Nash has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-207371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}