{"id":314711,"date":"2026-02-24T13:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314711\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:05:08","slug":"cork-footballers-heading-for-the-algarve-once-again-for-warm-weather-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314711\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork footballers heading for the Algarve once again for warm-weather training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Cork senior footballers are once again heading on a warm-weather training camp to Portugal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For the third successive year, John Cleary\u2019s charges are going to the Algarve at the exclusive Quinta do Lago resort used by the Irish rugby team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Rebels are to fly off next Tuesday for a good few days with a two-week break coming up between the matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork make the mammoth journey up north this weekend where they will meet Derry this Sunday in the fifth round of the Allianz Division 2 Football League at Find Insurance Celtic Park with throw-in at 1pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork have 13 days until the next match when Kildare come to SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh for the penultimate league fixture on Saturday, March 14 (5pm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Rebels currently are in a great position in the league with their promotion hopes most certainly on given they have eight points from the first four games.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4979786_12_articleinlinemobile_2893427-UP_DSC7690.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Walsh of Cork and Cork boss John Cleary after the win over Meath. Picture: INPHO\/James Lawlor\" title=\"Tommy Walsh of Cork and Cork boss John Cleary after the win over Meath. Picture: INPHO\/James Lawlor\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Tommy Walsh of Cork and Cork boss John Cleary after the win over Meath. Picture: INPHO\/James Lawlor<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The foreign training camp has definitely benefited the Cork footballers over the last couple of years. They have come back from Portugal with a spring in their step.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In 2024, they returned to Ireland after the camp to beat Meath away and drew at home to the eventual All-Ireland champions Armagh. The Leesiders finished fourth in the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last year, Cork got the better of Louth at home before a fine away success against Cavan as the Rebels ended fifth, but just missed out on promotion and could have very well been relegated had they not beaten Cavan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cork senior footballers are once again heading on a warm-weather training camp to Portugal. For the third&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-314711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314711","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=314711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}