{"id":338174,"date":"2026-03-10T05:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338174\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:06:11","slug":"cork-city-fc-means-more-than-just-90-minutes-to-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/338174\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork City FC means \u2018more than just 90 minutes\u2019 to supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">Walking into Munster FA Turner\u2019s Cross stadium at 11am on a Monday morning is somewhat quieter than 7.45pm on a Friday match night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">But for a group of Cork City Football Club supporters, visiting the famous League Of Ireland ground for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat is a regular routine to kickstart the week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4996316_1_articleinlinemobile_DSC08780.jpg\" alt=\"Joey Dineen, who attends Monday Morning Memories Club.\" title=\"Joey Dineen, who attends Monday Morning Memories Club.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Joey Dineen, who attends Monday Morning Memories Club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Monday Morning Memories is a weekly and community focused social group hosted by Cork City FC in the EZ Living Suite at the stadium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4996319_1_articleinlinemobile_DSC08726.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Murphy and Mark Phelan who attend Monday Morning Memories.\" title=\"Jim Murphy and Mark Phelan who attend Monday Morning Memories.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Jim Murphy and Mark Phelan who attend Monday Morning Memories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">From 11am to 12.30pm, the gathering provides a space for people to enjoy a chat about all things football and everything else in between.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">As  The Echo calls in, debates are had about the Cork City win over Bray Wanderers the previous Friday night, and looking ahead to the upcoming local derby contest against Cobh Ramblers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4996322_1_articleinlinemobile_DSC08747.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Donovan is a volunteer at the Munster FA Turner\u2019s Cross Stadium and helps out every Monday.\" title=\"Jonathan Donovan is a volunteer at the Munster FA Turner\u2019s Cross Stadium and helps out every Monday.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Jonathan Donovan is a volunteer at the Munster FA Turner\u2019s Cross Stadium and helps out every Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The coffee morning also allows supporters to reflect about some of the great days from throughout the history of football in Cork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Ray Hennessy, who first started attending League Of Ireland matches back in 1953, told  The Echo how he enjoys coming to the Cork City FC coffee mornings, which have become a regular staple of his weekly schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cIt is a routine, but it is very enjoyable. I am sure a lot of other people would come here if they knew about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4996325_1_articleinlinemobile_DSC08718.jpg\" alt=\"Gerry Desmond and John Daly who attend Monday Morning Memories each week at the Munster FA Turner\u2019s Cross stadium.\" title=\"Gerry Desmond and John Daly who attend Monday Morning Memories each week at the Munster FA Turner\u2019s Cross stadium.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Gerry Desmond and John Daly who attend Monday Morning Memories each week at the Munster FA Turner\u2019s Cross stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">John Daly from Passage said: \u201cIt is just a couple of lads coming together with the same interest as regards following Cork City<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cI get up on a Monday morning, do my bit of litter picking in Passage, have my breakfast, and then at 10.30am head up with the president of Passage soccer club Jim Murphy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThe Cork City FC coffee mornings are a great pastime. There could be some supporters that come here that basically are trying to fill in their days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cIt is an hour and a half of your Monday morning. It is enjoyable and you get on with your day when you go back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4996328_1_articleinlinemobile_DSC08791.jpg\" alt=\"Erika N\u00ed Thuama, community and academy co-ordinator at Cork City FC: \u2018It is important for the club to be doing something that is not just based around the 90 minutes on a Friday night.\u2019 Pictures: Noel Sweeney.\" title=\"Erika N\u00ed Thuama, community and academy co-ordinator at Cork City FC: \u2018It is important for the club to be doing something that is not just based around the 90 minutes on a Friday night.\u2019 Pictures: Noel Sweeney.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Erika N\u00ed Thuama, community and academy co-ordinator at Cork City FC: \u2018It is important for the club to be doing something that is not just based around the 90 minutes on a Friday night.\u2019 Pictures: Noel Sweeney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Erika N\u00ed Thuama, Cork City FC community and academy co-ordinator, said the Monday coffee mornings are a great and enjoyable way to start her working week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\n            \u201cIt is a great way to debrief after the weekend\u2019s games in the League Of Ireland and everything else. But we talk about pretty much everything to be honest.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cIt is not just for Cork City supporters, it is open to anyone who wants to come in and maybe has a passing interest in sport or just wants to get out of the house for a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cIt is important for the club to be doing something that is not just based around the 90 minutes on a Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThe football club is more than just that 90 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walking into Munster FA Turner\u2019s Cross stadium at 11am on a Monday morning is somewhat quieter than 7.45pm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25403,79,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-338174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-city-fc","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338174","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=338174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}