Matthews leaves Cork City post

Cork City Fc have this morning, released a statement confirming that Alan Matthews has left the club due to both the club and Matthews difficulty in coming to an agreement with reference to new contract talks.

The statement read in full:

Cork City Football Club today announced that it has suspended discussions and withdrawn all recent offers to its Club Manager Mr Alan Mathews on offering him a new contract.

Cork City FC has recently come out of Examinership and needs to bring the salary structures within the Club to sustainable levels to ensure the long term survival of the club.

Cork City FC Chairman Tom Coughlan said “Alan has been a tremendous leader throughout the Examinership process and is a very talented football manager and I would like to thank him for efforts in this difficult time for the Club. I have no doubt he will have a great future in football. The challenge facing Cork City FC for the foreseeable future is to operate on tight financial restraints to avoid has happened in the past 12 months to ensure the club has a sustainable future. The opportunity for all of us is to attract the best squad of players to ensure we are challenging for the league title next season.”

Gerry Nagle CEO of Cork City FC said” For the club to survive long term it must be at the heart of the sporting community in Cork. We want to bring back volunteers to Cork City FC and deliver top class football to our supporters, fans and our sponsors who we are very grateful to for their ongoing support. Following recent discussions we are looking forward to working closely with Foras as recently announced with the new Cork City FC club committee structures. We are all operating in a tough economic environment and everybody has a role to play to ensure the survival of top class football in Cork. Realistic cost structures are a key component in terms of our long term plans for the Club. In this challenging economic environment we must deliver extra value for a sustainable future for the club”

Cork City FC would like to thank Alan and his players for their contribution over what was a very difficult financial year for the club and wish Alan well with his future plans.

Stay tuned to extratime.ie for all the latest development in what is another twist in what has been a rollercoaster 2008 for Cork City Fc.