CITY GET PART OF WAGES PAID IN.Byline: PAUL O'HEHIR CORK City players received 60 per cent of their August wages yesterday. The Rebels reached agreement with owner-chairman Tom Coughlan Tom Coughlan is a marketing professional, and academic, who has broad experience in both theory and execution. Starting his career in the technology industry Tom has held a number of roles that have included regional, national, and in some cases worldwide marketing responsibility. to be paid in instalments over the coming months. And they breathed a sigh of relief when the money hit their bank accounts by the close of business yesterday. Coughlan has had some problems paying the squad following on from the club's well documented tax battles in the High Court. The players will receive two instalments in October, two in November and one in December. Initially Coughlan had wanted to stretch that series of payments into January but the squad refused. Cork travel to Dundalk tomorrow night for the only Premier Division game down to be played this week. They knuckle down knuck·le n. 1. a. The prominence of the dorsal aspect of a joint of a finger, especially of one of the joints connecting the fingers to the hand. b. A rounded protuberance formed by the bones in a joint. 2. to league action having played their friendly against Celtic on Wednesday at Turner's Cross. A crowd of 3,500 only half filled the venue and means Cork have fallen short of raising to funds to pay back the loan which saved them. Cork received a payment in the region of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 210,000 from a mystery businessman to keep the club afloat amid their tax difficulties. All the funds generated from the Celtic game - the Bhoys sent a reserve side but won 1-0 - were to go towards paying off that debt. And it would now appear that Cork will have to forego any prize money they win until the deficit is made up. For Rebels boss Paul Doolin Paul Doolin (born 26 March 1963 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer. He played for Bohemians scoring on his debut in September 1981. In June 1985 he signed for Shamrock Rovers and in his 3 years at the club won the double twice scoring 30 goals in 107 appearances. tomorrow's game is a chance for fourth-placed Cork to close the gap to the top. He said: "We have a chance to take advantage of having a game in hand, so we will hope to take something out of the game - preferably three points." CAPTION(S): HERO Paddy McCourt got the only goal in Celtic victory |
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