Date set for Cork to face Celtic
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Cork City Football Club have announced that the much-anticipated friendly match against Celtic Football Club will take place on Wednesday, September 9th at Turner’s Cross.
The game will kick off at 7.45pm, and Peter Lawwell, Chief Executive Officer of Celtic Football Club, told CorkCityFC.ie that the Hoops are looking forward to their visit to Leeside: "We are very pleased to be visiting Cork, and we hope that the friendly match will assist Cork City in raising funds to secure the future of the club. Celtic Football Club has always had great support from Cork, and we sincerely hope that this match goes some way to aiding such a fantastic community asset continue their existence.”
"While a number of the squad will be on international duty and unable to take part in the match we will be sending as strong a squad as possible and will do all we can to make the match an occasion to remember."
Ticket details for the game will be announced shortly.
The game will kick off at 7.45pm, and Peter Lawwell, Chief Executive Officer of Celtic Football Club, told CorkCityFC.ie that the Hoops are looking forward to their visit to Leeside: "We are very pleased to be visiting Cork, and we hope that the friendly match will assist Cork City in raising funds to secure the future of the club. Celtic Football Club has always had great support from Cork, and we sincerely hope that this match goes some way to aiding such a fantastic community asset continue their existence.”
"While a number of the squad will be on international duty and unable to take part in the match we will be sending as strong a squad as possible and will do all we can to make the match an occasion to remember."
Ticket details for the game will be announced shortly.
