Celtic are now only 3 wins away from retaining the SPFL table and are already looking ahead to next seasons pre-season and have announced that they will travel to Cork this Summer on July 8 to take on Cork City at GAA ground Páirc Uí Chaoimh in the inaugural Cork Super Cup.
The Cork Super Cup is a joint initiative between Cork GAA and sports marketing agency Druid Sport to bring another record-breaking mid-summer event to the stadium.
Cork City v Celtic will only be the third ever soccer match to be staged at the historic grounds. The city has a number of Celtic Supporters Clubs and I am sure they will be looking forward to welcoming travelling Celtic fans to the city and the local pubs and hotels will benefit from having us in the city.
Celtic have played Cork City in friendlies on Leeside before, including a famous 2-0 victory for the home side during a visit in 1992, while a team of Celtic and Manchester United legends played a team of Ireland legends at the stadium in 2018, in memory of the late Liam Miller.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said: “We are delighted to be travelling to Cork to play in this fantastic match in the summertime. We will be visiting a great stadium in a fine city and we are sure the game will be a wonderful occasion.
“Celtic’s Irish connections are very important to the Club and we are sure there will be huge interest in the match. From my own perspective it will be great to be going home to Ireland but also from a footballing side we are really looking forward to the match against Cork City, which will be an important part of our preparations for next season.”
Cork City manager, Tim Clancy said: “We are lucky to have such an incredible fanbase at City, and know they will turn out in force to show Celtic what the Rebel Army is capable of.
“We have enjoyed incredible support since the start of the League of Ireland Premier Division season, and the opportunity to place a fantastic team in Celtic at an iconic setting is one that both the team and the fans can look forward to.”
Season ticket holders with Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Celtic FC and Cork City FC will be able to purchase tickets from Wednesday, March 5 by following instructions that will be sent by email.
Tickets will go on general sale, including a limited number of family tickets, via www.corksupercup.com and Ticketmaster from 9am on Friday morning, March 7.
Follow Cork Super Cup on Instagram @corksupercup and on Facebook /CorkSuperCupOfficial
Andrew Milne is Editor of More than 90 Minutes & Host of the Celtic Soul Podcast
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